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ARM M1 vs Core i3-9100


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i3-9100 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i3-9100 gets 171.7 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-9100 is 1.2 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
906eb
Core
-
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/4
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
6144 kB
Date
January 1900
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
66.74k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
229.2k 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
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
15.53k (x1.64)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
22.21k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
5.79k (x1.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
8.31k (x2.18)
TOTAL
41.44k
51.84k (x1.25)

Multithread

M1

i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
58.56k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
86.17k (x0.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
22.4k (x1.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
4.55k (x0.72)
TOTAL
142.32k
171.69k (x1.21)

Performance/W
M1
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)