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ARM M1 vs Core i7-4790


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-4790 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-4790 gets 138.4 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1 times faster than the i7-4790 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
306c3
Core
-
Haswell
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
- W
84 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
January 1900
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
44.73k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
173.89k 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
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
13.52k (x1.43)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
11.94k (x0.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
4.96k (x1.32)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
4.84k (x1.27)
TOTAL
41.44k
35.25k (x0.85)

Multithread

M1

i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
54.7k (x1.58)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
52.41k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
24.5k (x1.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
6.77k (x1.07)
TOTAL
142.32k
138.37k (x0.97)

Performance/W
M1
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)