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ARM M1 vs Core i3-2120


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i3-2120 is based on Sandy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i3-2120 gets 51.2 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.8 times faster than the i3-2120 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
206a7
Core
-
Sandy Bridge
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/2
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
3072 kB
Date
January 1900
February 2012
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
24.23k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
53.48k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
M1
i3-2120
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
9.82k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
7.9k (x0.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
3.98k (x1.06)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
2.95k (x0.78)
TOTAL
41.44k
24.64k (x0.59)

Multithread

M1

i3-2120
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
20.46k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
17.77k (x0.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
10.03k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
2.94k (x0.46)
TOTAL
142.32k
51.21k (x0.36)

Performance/W
M1
i3-2120
Test#1 (Integers)