Apple M1 macOS 11.0 Big Sur Benchmark Comparison Mac benchmarks for a future article. Core i5 4278U Mac Mini: Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Generic AHCI, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1 TB APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662, Graphics: Intel Iris 2GB, Monitor: ASUS VP28U OS: macOS 11.0.1, Kernel: 20.1.0 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 29 2020 19:50:08), Compiler: GCC 11.0.3 + Clang 11.0.3, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 i7-6700HQ MBP: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: Intel HD 530 + AMD Radeon Pro 450 2GB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 11.0.1, Kernel: 20.1.0 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 29 2020 19:50:08), Compiler: GCC 12.0.0 + Clang 12.0.0 + Xcode 12.2, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Core i7-8700B Mac Mini: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR4-2667MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 2GB, Monitor: ASUS VP28U OS: macOS 11.0.1, Kernel: 20.1.0 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Oct 29 2020 19:50:08), Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 11.0.0, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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 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 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 9737 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 17980 |==================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 34269 |====================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 31892 |=================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 41836 |============================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 44.46 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 39.39 |========================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 30.40 |=============================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 21.53 |====================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Emily Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2407.89 |============================================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 1082.70 |==================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 560.83 |========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 752.89 |============== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Disney Material Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1286.58 |============================================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 543.46 |=================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 308.51 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 377.99 |============= Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Material Tester Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1235.87 |============================================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 550.33 |==================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 308.37 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 478.94 |================= Basis Universal 1.12 Settings: ETC1S Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 144.73 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 86.47 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 56.46 |================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 61.48 |=================== Basis Universal 1.12 Settings: UASTC Level 0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 19.946 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 12.896 |============================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 9.039 |==================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 9.143 |===================== Basis Universal 1.12 Settings: UASTC Level 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 183.46 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 85.71 |===================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 49.53 |============ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 54.17 |============= Basis Universal 1.12 Settings: UASTC Level 3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 359.64 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 165.67 |===================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 92.10 |============ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 104.48 |============= Botan 2.13.0 Test: AES-256 MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2468.12 |====================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3058.47 |============================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 4064.64 |===================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4833.04 |============================================ Botan 2.13.0 Test: Twofish MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 206.25 |============================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 251.05 |================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 327.50 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 291.51 |======================================== Botan 2.13.0 Test: Blowfish MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 239.55 |========================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 321.32 |=================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 416.68 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 368.37 |======================================== BRL-CAD 7.30.8 VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 16301 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 40657 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 73448 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 69930 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 622.16 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 282.84 |==================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 154.25 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 252.40 |================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 137.22 |========== Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.07 Mode: CPU Ksamples > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2091 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 4589 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 9211 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 7384 |====================================== Crypto++ 8.2 Test: Keyed Algorithms MiB/second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 390.84 |=========================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 493.78 |=================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 641.47 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 438.56 |=============================== Crypto++ 8.2 Test: Unkeyed Algorithms MiB/second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 216.49 |================================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 229.58 |================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 292.15 |=========================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 302.26 |============================================= Crypto++ 8.2 Test: Integer + Elliptic Curve Public Key Algorithms MiB/second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2243.39 |========================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 2947.81 |================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 3862.56 |============================================ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 3315.33 |====================================== Darktable 3.2.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 58.74 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 25.03 |==================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 22.91 |================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 10.34 |======== Darktable 3.2.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 48.737 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 13.821 |============= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 8.071 |======= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 7.188 |======= Darktable 3.2.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 45.551 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 10.829 |=========== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 7.147 |======= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 5.704 |====== Embree 3.9.0 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Crown Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1.5925 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3.5249 |======================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 6.7317 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 3.7754 |========================= Embree 3.9.0 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Crown Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1.8132 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3.8717 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 7.5665 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 3.8613 |======================= Embree 3.9.0 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1.9700 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 4.1425 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 7.9907 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4.4010 |========================= Embree 3.9.0 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2.3690 |============ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 5.0356 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 9.0500 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4.7773 |======================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 10521.2 |====================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 9040.5 |=================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 14005.8 |============================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 16468.9 |=================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 20671.8 |============================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 16.532 |========================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 11.658 |=================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 8.777 |============== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 12.629 |==================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 28.309 |============================================= Geekbench 5 Test: CPU Multi Core Score > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3363 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 5360 |=========================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 5923 |=============================================== Geekbench 5 Test: CPU Single Core Score > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 913 |================================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1229 |=========================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 1329 |=============================================== Geekbench 5 Test: GPU Apple Metal Score > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 9691 |===================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 4919 |========== M1 Mac Mini ............. 21626 |============================================== GEGL Operation: Crop Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 12.284 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 10.812 |======================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 8.280 |============================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 9.194 |================================== GEGL Operation: Scale Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 8.807 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 7.072 |===================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 5.036 |========================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 5.849 |=============================== GEGL Operation: Reflect Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 44.23 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 39.19 |========================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 31.60 |================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 31.71 |================================= GEGL Operation: Color Enhance Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 72.38 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 59.63 |====================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 48.52 |=============================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 47.63 |============================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 95.47 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 88.53 |=========================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 72.01 |=================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 55.44 |=========================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 46.41 |====================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 539 |======================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 550 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 794 |==================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 1040 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 11 |============================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 13 |================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 16 |========================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 19 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 16 |========================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 19 |============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 24 |====================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 31 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 69 |====================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 88 |============================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 116 |==================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 153 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 104 |====================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 163 |=================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 176 |====================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 224 |================================================ Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 292567311.09 |===================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 338502506.61 |======================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 440061969.52 |=============================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 554583835.64 |======================================= IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 0.264 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 0.601 |======================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1.163 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 0.881 |=================================== IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 0.609 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 1.425 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 2.823 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 1.988 |================================ IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: OpenCL GPU - Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 1.231 |============================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 0.566 |============= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 1.994 |============================================== IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: OpenCL GPU - Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3.443 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1.448 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 5.878 |============================================== Intel Open Image Denoise 1.2.0 Scene: Memorial Images / Sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1.38 |============ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3.16 |============================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 5.36 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 1.80 |================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 9106.24 |====================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 17308.57 |========================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 14963.27 |=================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 18138.65 |=========================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1704475.51 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 834841.27 |===== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1828473.35 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 6616497.33 |========================================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1143343.10 |======= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 548577.05 |=== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1129614.59 |======= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 6694455.36 |========================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1663.88 |============================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 2094.30 |==================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 2458.26 |========================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 2590.82 |============================================ Kvazaar 2.0 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 3.47 |============ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 7.79 |========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 13.68 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4.61 |================ M1 Mac Mini ............. 5.51 |=================== Kvazaar 2.0 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2.10 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 4.87 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 8.61 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 3.08 |================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 3.67 |==================== Kvazaar 2.0 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 3.81 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 8.86 |========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 15.81 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 6.76 |==================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 7.03 |==================== Kvazaar 2.0 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 8.45 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 19.48 |========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 34.70 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 12.75 |================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 15.03 |==================== Kvazaar 2.0 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Ultra Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 15.53 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 35.55 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 65.14 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 27.10 |=================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 28.18 |==================== LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Overwrite MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 6.1 |================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 13.8 |======================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 13.6 |======================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 16.6 |=============================================== LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Overwrite Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 72.42 |================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 63.85 |============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 97.60 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 53.24 |========================= LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Random Fill MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 6.2 |================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 13.8 |======================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 13.5 |====================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 16.5 |=============================================== LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Random Fill Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 70.97 |================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 64.12 |============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 98.08 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 53.40 |========================= LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Random Read Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 3.018 |==================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 6.089 |========================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 6.797 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4.927 |================================= LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Seek Random Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 16.00 |======================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 28.15 |=========================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 30.32 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 10.05 |=============== LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Random Delete Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 36.65 |============================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 49.98 |======================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 58.55 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 30.28 |======================== LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Sequential Fill MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 5.2 |============= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 14.7 |===================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 15.4 |======================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 18.8 |=============================================== LevelDB 1.22 Benchmark: Sequential Fill Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 85.13 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 60.34 |================================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 86.27 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 46.94 |========================= libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.0.2 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 141.27 |============================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 158.88 |================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 209.64 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 148.85 |================================ LibRaw 0.20 Post-Processing Benchmark Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 7.18 |=============================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 8.00 |================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 10.39 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 10.73 |============================================== LuxCoreRender 2.3 Scene: DLSC M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 0.28 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 0.68 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1.26 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 0.90 |================================== LuxCoreRender 2.3 Scene: Rainbow Colors and Prism M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 0.28 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 0.69 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1.21 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 0.90 |=================================== NAMD 2.14 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 11.35313 |=========================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 4.98142 |=================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 2.86005 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 3.55882 |============= NeatBench 5 Acceleration: All FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2.95 |============= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 10.20 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 10.20 |============================================== NeatBench 5 Acceleration: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2.94 |============= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 5.04 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 10.13 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 10.10 |============================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: San Miguel - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2.41 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 5.84 |========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 10.17 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4.75 |===================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: NASA Streamlines - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 3.06 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 7.13 |========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 12.77 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 7.15 |========================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2.15 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 5.32 |======================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 10.31 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 3.87 |================= OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: NASA Streamlines - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 0.63 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 1.32 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 2.65 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 1.56 |============================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3.49 |============================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 5.32 |=========================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 5.81 |=============================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 349.63 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 532.72 |========================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 582.51 |============================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 354353 |=========================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 426120 |================================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 557663 |========================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 420420 |================================ M1 Mac Mini ............. 594928 |============================================= Primesieve 7.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 196.26 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 66.11 |=============== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 37.48 |========= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 33.94 |======== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 2056 |=============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 1969 |============================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1293 |============================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 1493 |================================== Renaissance 0.10.0 Test: Savina Reactors.IO ms < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 19164.01 |=========================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 13823.69 |=============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 10595.93 |======================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 9668.36 |====================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 480.78 |============================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 567.52 |================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 764.47 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 557.75 |================================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 579.07 |================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 134.18 |=============== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 161.95 |================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 245.92 |============================ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 346.52 |======================================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 397.21 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 555.17 |============================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 647.49 |=================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 832.84 |============================================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 512.06 |============================ M1 Mac Mini ............. 575.17 |=============================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Firefox Overall Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 317.06 |==================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 408.29 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 518.96 |================================ M1 Mac Mini ............. 721.95 |============================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 4930 |================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 8302 |=========================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 11581 |====================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 13965 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 53.10 |========================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 70.10 |================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 98.51 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 87.70 |========================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 54.0 |======================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 67.0 |============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 103.0 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 100.6 |============================================= Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 147 |============================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 202 |====================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 255 |================================================ M1 Mac Mini ............. 199 |===================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 310.48 |=================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 413.30 |========================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 506.26 |============================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 747.72 |============================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 4900 |================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 8392 |============================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 11719 |======================================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 13783 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Google Chrome Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 53.3 |========================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 69.5 |================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 98.6 |=============================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 87.4 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 53.6 |======================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 67.2 |============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 102.0 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 102.0 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 44.6 |=============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 43.4 |============================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 31.8 |================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 28.7 |============================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 44.7 |=============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 43.2 |============================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 31.8 |================================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 28.2 |============================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: wyhash MiB/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 10417.98 |======= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 17728.64 |=========== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 18264.27 |============ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 66461.76 |=========================================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: wyhash cycles/hash < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 31.19 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 24.75 |===================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 23.02 |================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 11.59 |================= SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: MeowHash MiB/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 30647.83 |============ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 40125.27 |================ Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 42358.76 |================ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 107910.43 |========================================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: MeowHash cycles/hash < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 69.49 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 53.97 |==================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 50.62 |================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 24.50 |================ SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: Spooky32 MiB/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 13656.71 |================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 16183.09 |===================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 17008.29 |====================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 33009.43 |=========================================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: Spooky32 cycles/hash < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 52.62 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 42.20 |===================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 39.71 |=================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 23.49 |===================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: fasthash32 MiB/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 6319.00 |================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 7249.70 |=================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 7718.00 |===================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 16175.22 |=========================================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: fasthash32 cycles/hash < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 40.29 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 33.62 |====================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 31.85 |==================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 15.50 |================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: t1ha2_atonce MiB/sec > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 13295.83 |============= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 15204.07 |=============== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 16101.83 |================ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 44136.56 |=========================================== SMHasher 2020-02-29 Hash: t1ha2_atonce cycles/hash < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 40.39 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 33.08 |====================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 31.22 |==================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 15.41 |================== SQLite Speedtest 3.30 Timed Time - Size 1,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 128.73 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 107.45 |====================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 77.38 |=========================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 73.69 |========================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 50.69 |================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 4321120 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 9453967 |======================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 16975458 |=========================================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 15319002 |======================================= Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 5.825 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 2.854 |======================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1.566 |============ M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 2.083 |================ Tachyon 0.99b6 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 638.53 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 286.87 |==================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 149.85 |=========== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 179.71 |============= M1 Mac Mini ............. 118.07 |======== Timed HMMer Search 3.3.1 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 190.02 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 140.96 |================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 106.91 |========================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 117.03 |============================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.471 Multiple Sequence Alignment - LSU RNA Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 29.92 |====================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 25.70 |================================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 18.51 |======================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 36.24 |============================================== M1 Mac Mini ............. 11.89 |=============== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100 Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 3.913 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 3.125 |===================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 2.313 |=========================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 2.804 |================================= WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 29.96 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 23.90 |===================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 16.26 |========================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 17.27 |=========================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Highest Compression Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 9.748 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 7.981 |====================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 6.252 |============================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 6.836 |================================ WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless, Highest Compression Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 74.33 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 64.75 |======================================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 37.83 |======================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 37.92 |======================= XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 113.97 |============================================= i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 78.77 |=============================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 50.81 |==================== M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 58.11 |======================= M1 Mac Mini ............. 49.30 |=================== Zstd Compression 1.4.5 Compression Level: 3 MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 1092.2 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 1682.1 |================= Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 1670.7 |================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 4544.3 |============================================= Zstd Compression 1.4.5 Compression Level: 19 MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini .. 8.53 |================ i7-6700HQ MBP ........... 11.90 |====================== Core i7-8700B Mac Mini . 15.60 |============================= M1 Mac Mini - Rosetta ... 24.90 |==============================================