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ARM M1 vs Core i7-6500U


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-6500U is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-6500U gets 76.8 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.9 times faster than the i7-6500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
406e3
Core
-
Skylake-U
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
-
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
4096 kB
Cache L3
- kB
kB
Date
January 1900
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
46.25k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
97.52k 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
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
11.11k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
15.97k (x0.65)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
4.25k (x1.13)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
5.66k (x1.49)
TOTAL
41.44k
36.99k (x0.89)

Multithread

M1

i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
23.1k (x0.67)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
36.73k (x0.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
9.99k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
7k (x1.1)
TOTAL
142.32k
76.82k (x0.54)

Performance/W
M1
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)