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ARM M1 vs Core i3-7100


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i3-7100 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i3-7100 gets 94.6 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.5 times faster than the i3-7100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
906e9
Core
-
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
- W
51 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
3072 kB
Date
January 1900
January 2017
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
57.86k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
124.8k 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
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
14.04k (x1.48)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
20.55k (x0.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
5.41k (x1.44)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.99k (x1.05)
TOTAL
41.44k
43.99k (x1.06)

Multithread

M1

i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
30.09k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
47.84k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
13.13k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
3.52k (x0.55)
TOTAL
142.32k
94.59k (x0.66)

Performance/W
M1
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)