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ARM M1 vs Core i7-7700HQ


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-7700HQ gets 167.4 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-7700HQ is 1.2 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-H
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Socket
-
BGA1440
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
- W
45 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
6144 kB
Date
January 1900
January 2017
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
56.29k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
208.33k 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
i7-7700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
13.75k (x1.45)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
19.69k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
5.19k (x1.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
8.92k (x2.35)
TOTAL
41.44k
47.55k (x1.15)

Multithread

M1

i7-7700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
52.55k (x1.51)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
86.47k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
23.02k (x1.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
5.4k (x0.85)
TOTAL
142.32k
167.43k (x1.18)

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