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ARM M1 vs Core i7-5500U


Description
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.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
306d4
Core
-
Broadwell-U
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3 GHz
Socket
-
BGA 1168
Cores/Threads
4/4
2 /4
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
4096 kB
Date
January 1900
March 2015
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
40.41k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
82.89k 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
i7-5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
10.59k (x1.12)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
13.72k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
4.22k (x1.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.64k (x0.96)
TOTAL
41.44k
32.16k (x0.78)

Multithread

M1

i7-5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
20.8k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
30.44k (x0.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
9.1k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
3.35k (x0.53)
TOTAL
142.32k
63.69k (x0.45)

Performance/W
M1
i7-5500U
Test#1 (Integers)