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ARM M1 vs Core i7-7700


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-7700 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-7700 gets 198 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-7700 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
906e9
Core
-
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
January 1900
September 2016
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
67.33k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
257.52k 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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
15.33k (x1.62)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
21.94k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
5.85k (x1.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
12.52k (x3.29)
TOTAL
41.44k
55.64k (x1.34)

Multithread

M1

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
61.73k (x1.78)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
99.91k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
27.03k (x1.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
9.28k (x1.46)
TOTAL
142.32k
197.96k (x1.39)

Performance/W
M1
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)