The
M1 is based on
- architecture while the
i7-5500U is based on
Broadwell.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of
142.3 k points while the i7-5500U gets
63.7 k points.
Summarizing, the
M1 is
2.2 times faster than the
i7-5500U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.