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ARM M1 vs Core i7-9700F


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-9700F is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-9700F gets 269.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-9700F is 1.9 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
906ed
Core
-
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
4.7 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
8/8
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
12288 kB
Date
January 1900
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
60.93k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
269.85k 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
i7-9700F
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
16.8k (x1.78)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
24.08k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
6.06k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
13.98k (x3.68)
TOTAL
41.44k
60.93k (x1.47)

Multithread

M1

i7-9700F
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
92.79k (x2.67)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
135.13k (x1.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
33.29k (x2.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
8.64k (x1.36)
TOTAL
142.32k
269.85k (x1.9)

Performance/W
M1
i7-9700F
Test#1 (Integers)