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ARM M1 vs Core i5-6400


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i5-6400 is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i5-6400 gets 129.5 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.1 times faster than the i5-6400 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
506e3
Core
-
Skylake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.3 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
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
48.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
174.05k 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
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
11.56k (x1.22)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
16.53k (x0.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
4.3k (x1.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.97k (x1.04)
TOTAL
41.44k
36.36k (x0.88)

Multithread

M1

i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
43.01k (x1.24)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
64.46k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
16.14k (x1.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
5.91k (x0.93)
TOTAL
142.32k
129.51k (x0.91)

Performance/W
M1
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)