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ARM M1 vs Core i5-7300U


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i5-7300U is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i5-7300U gets 82.9 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.7 times faster than the i5-7300U. 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
2.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
-
BGA1356
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
January 2017
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
48.25k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
109.1k 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
i5-7300U
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
9.96k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
15.11k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
3.87k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
4.54k (x1.19)
TOTAL
41.44k
33.47k (x0.81)

Multithread

M1

i5-7300U
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
25.26k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
40.6k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
11.24k (x0.82)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
5.83k (x0.92)
TOTAL
142.32k
82.94k (x0.58)

Performance/W
M1
i5-7300U
Test#1 (Integers)