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ARM M1 vs Core i5-8250U


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i5-8250U is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i5-8250U gets 122.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-8250U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
806ea
Core
-
Kaby Lake-R
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
1.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
Socket
-
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
6144 kB
Date
January 1900
August 2017
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
54.31k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
161.26k 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
i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
12.41k (x1.31)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
18.11k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
4.79k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
8.16k (x2.15)
TOTAL
41.44k
43.46k (x1.05)

Multithread

M1

i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
42.48k (x1.22)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
60.2k (x0.69)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
14.85k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
4.77k (x0.75)
TOTAL
142.32k
122.3k (x0.86)

Performance/W
M1
i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)