Apple M1 vs. AMD Renoir vs. Intel Tiger Lake
Quick Apple M1 macOS reference points against Intel Tiger Lake and AMD Renoir Linux laptops by Michael Larabel.
M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta
Processor: VirtualApple @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 229GB, Graphics: Apple M1, Monitor: ASUS VP28U
OS: macOS 11.0, Kernel: 20.1.0 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 18 2020 13:43:44), Compiler: GCC 12.0.0 + Clang 12.0.0 + Xcode 12.2, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: XPC_FLAGS=0x0
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 15.0.1+9-18)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.9.0
M1 Mac Mini
Processor: Apple (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 229GB, Graphics: Apple M1, Monitor: ASUS VP28U
OS: macOS 11.0, Kernel: 20.1.0 (arm64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 18 2020 13:43:44), Compiler: GCC 12.0.0 + Clang 12.0.0 + Xcode 12.2, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Ryzen 5 4500U
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U @ 2.38GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216 (EECN20WW BIOS), Chipset: AMD Renoir Root Complex, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B, Graphics: AMD Renoir 512MB (1500/400MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1637, Network: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe
OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.1-050901-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-802fabd 2020-11-18 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3180.7), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8600102
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.9.1+1-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.10)
Python Notes: Python 3.8.6
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: disabled RSB filling + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Core i7 1165G7
Processor: Intel Core i7-1165G7 @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0GG9PT (1.0.3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Tiger Lake-LP, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Kioxia KBG40ZNS256G NVMe 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 3GB (1300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.2-050902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw / Block Size: 4096
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0x60 - Thermald 2.3
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.9.1+1-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.10)
Python Notes: Python 3.8.6
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Harmonic Mean Of Frames Per Second Test Results
Geometric Mean Of All Test Results
Number Of First Place Finishes
Number Of Last Place Finishes
Timed MAFFT Alignment
SciMark
SQLite Speedtest
PHPBench
Git
Kvazaar
C-Ray
7-Zip Compression
XZ Compression
FLAC Audio Encoding
Fhourstones
M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta
Processor: VirtualApple @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 229GB, Graphics: Apple M1, Monitor: ASUS VP28U
OS: macOS 11.0, Kernel: 20.1.0 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 18 2020 13:43:44), Compiler: GCC 12.0.0 + Clang 12.0.0 + Xcode 12.2, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: XPC_FLAGS=0x0
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 15.0.1+9-18)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.9.0
Testing initiated at 18 November 2020 15:54 by user michaellarabel.
M1 Mac Mini
Processor: Apple (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 229GB, Graphics: Apple M1, Monitor: ASUS VP28U
OS: macOS 11.0, Kernel: 20.1.0 (arm64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 18 2020 13:43:44), Compiler: GCC 12.0.0 + Clang 12.0.0 + Xcode 12.2, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: XPC_FLAGS=0x0
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 15.0.1+9-18)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.9.0
Testing initiated at 19 November 2020 14:01 by user michaellarabel.
Ryzen 5 4500U
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U @ 2.38GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216 (EECN20WW BIOS), Chipset: AMD Renoir Root Complex, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B, Graphics: AMD Renoir 512MB (1500/400MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1637, Network: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe
OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.1-050901-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-802fabd 2020-11-18 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3180.7), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8600102
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.9.1+1-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.10)
Python Notes: Python 3.8.6
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: disabled RSB filling + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 18 November 2020 14:38 by user pts.
Core i7 1165G7
Processor: Intel Core i7-1165G7 @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0GG9PT (1.0.3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Tiger Lake-LP, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Kioxia KBG40ZNS256G NVMe 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 3GB (1300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.2-050902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-JvwpWM/gcc-10-10.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw / Block Size: 4096
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0x60 - Thermald 2.3
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.9.1+1-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.10)
Python Notes: Python 3.8.6
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 18 November 2020 14:06 by user pts.