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ARM M1 vs Core i7-8700


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-8700 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-8700 gets 310.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-8700 is 2.2 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
906ea
Core
-
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
6/12
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
12288 kB
Date
January 1900
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
75.01k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
388.95k 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
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
16.45k (x1.74)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
23.74k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
6.24k (x1.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
13.43k (x3.53)
TOTAL
41.44k
59.86k (x1.44)

Multithread

M1

i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
100.94k (x2.91)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
159.09k (x1.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
43.61k (x3.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
6.59k (x1.04)
TOTAL
142.32k
310.23k (x2.18)

Performance/W
M1
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)