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ARM M1 vs Core i3-7100U


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i3-7100U gets 57.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.5 times faster than the i3-7100U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
806e9
Core
-
Kaby Lake-U
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Socket
-
BGA 1356
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
3072 kB
Date
January 1900
August 2016
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
33.38k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
79.6k 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
i3-7100U
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
8.66k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
12.31k (x0.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
3.28k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.92k (x1.03)
TOTAL
41.44k
28.16k (x0.68)

Multithread

M1

i3-7100U
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
17.87k (x0.51)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
28.59k (x0.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
7.68k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
3.15k (x0.5)
TOTAL
142.32k
57.28k (x0.4)

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