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ARM M1 vs Core i5-9500


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i5-9500 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i5-9500 gets 261.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-9500 is 1.8 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
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
6/6
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
9216 kB
Date
January 1900
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
73.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
352.84k 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
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
16.06k (x1.7)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
23.19k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
6.1k (x1.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
12.79k (x3.36)
TOTAL
41.44k
58.14k (x1.4)

Multithread

M1

i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
90.44k (x2.6)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
131.23k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
33.85k (x2.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
5.59k (x0.88)
TOTAL
142.32k
261.11k (x1.83)

Performance/W
M1
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)