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ARM M1 vs Core i5-8500T


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i5-8500T is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i5-8500T gets 203.4 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8500T is 1.4 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
906ea
Core
-
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
6/6
TDP
- W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
9216 kB
Date
January 1900
March 2018
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
59.27k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
251.82k 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
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
12.93k (x1.37)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
18.61k (x0.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
4.76k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
10.05k (x2.64)
TOTAL
41.44k
46.36k (x1.12)

Multithread

M1

i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
71.15k (x2.05)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
102.74k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
26.6k (x1.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
2.9k (x0.46)
TOTAL
142.32k
203.39k (x1.43)

Performance/W
M1
i5-8500T
Test#1 (Integers)