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ARM M1 vs Core i7-930


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the i7-930 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the i7-930 gets 69.4 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.1 times faster than the i7-930 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
106a5
Core
-
Bloomfield
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.067 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
- W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
January 1900
February 2010
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
17.58k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
69.39k 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
i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
7.28k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
4.82k (x0.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
2.86k (x0.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
2.62k (x0.69)
TOTAL
41.44k
17.58k (x0.42)

Multithread

M1

i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
28.09k (x0.81)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
21.62k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
14.83k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
4.85k (x0.76)
TOTAL
142.32k
69.39k (x0.49)

Performance/W
M1
i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)