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ARM M1 vs Core i7-6700K


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-6700K is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-6700K gets 197.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-6700K is 1.4 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
506e3
Core
-
Skylake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
- W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
January 1900
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
63.22k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
254.56k 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
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
14.73k (x1.56)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
21.27k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
5.52k (x1.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
6.32k (x1.66)
TOTAL
41.44k
47.84k (x1.15)

Multithread

M1

i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
61.09k (x1.76)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
99.17k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
26.57k (x1.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
10.26k (x1.62)
TOTAL
142.32k
197.09k (x1.38)

Performance/W
M1
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)