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: 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 MacMini - 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 MacMini: 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 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 .......... 2.86005 |=========== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 3.55882 |============== 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 .......... 18.51 |======================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 36.24 |=============================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 2.313 |============================ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 16.26 |========================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 6.252 |============================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 37.83 |======================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 37.92 |======================== 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 .......... 1670.7 |================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 15.60 |============================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 24.90 |=============================================== 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 .......... 764.47 |============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 557.75 |================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 245.92 |============================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 346.52 |======================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 832.84 |============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 512.06 |============================ M1 MacMini ............. 575.17 |================================ 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 .......... 10.39 |============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 10.73 |=============================================== 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 .......... 10.17 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 12.77 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 10.31 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 2.65 |================================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 1.56 |============================ 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 .......... 5.36 |================================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 1.80 |================ 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 .......... 1.26 |================================================ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 1.21 |================================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 0.90 |==================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 4321120 |=========== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 9453967 |========================= Core i7-8700B .......... 16975458 |============================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 15319002 |======================================== 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 .......... 77.38 |============================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 73.69 |========================== M1 MacMini ............. 50.69 |================== 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 .......... 9211 |================================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 7384 |====================================== 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 .......... 1293 |============================== M1 MacMini ............. 1493 |=================================== 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 .......... 440061969.52 |================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 554583835.64 |======================================== 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 .......... 560.83 |========== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 308.51 |=========== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 308.37 |=========== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 478.94 |================= Maxon Cinebench 20 Test: Multi-Core Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 674.42 |==== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 1678.52 |========== Core i7-8700B .......... 7809.05 |============================================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 2094.88 |============ Maxon Cinebench 20 Test: Single-Core Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 267.84 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 353.88 |============== Core i7-8700B .......... 1163.64 |============================================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 408.24 |================ Maxon Cinebench 23 Test: Multi-Core Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 678.07 |==== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 1676.94 |========== Core i7-8700B .......... 7784.46 |============================================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 2108.08 |============ M1 MacMini ............. 2101.13 |============ Maxon Cinebench 23 Test: Single-Core Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 269.14 |========== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 354.90 |============== Core i7-8700B .......... 1164.15 |============================================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 407.24 |================ M1 MacMini ............. 405.80 |================ PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 354353 |=========================== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 426120 |================================= Core i7-8700B .......... 557663 |=========================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 420420 |================================= M1 MacMini ............. 594928 |============================================== 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 .......... 72.01 |=================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 55.44 |=========================== M1 MacMini ............. 46.41 |======================= 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 .......... 13.68 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 4.61 |================ M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 8.61 |================================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 3.08 |================= M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 15.81 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 6.76 |==================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 34.70 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 12.75 |================= M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 65.14 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 27.10 |==================== M1 MacMini ............. 28.18 |==================== 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 .......... 14963.27 |==================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 1828473.35 |============ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 1129614.59 |======= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 2458.26 |=========================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 2590.82 |============================================= 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 .......... 10595.93 |======================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 9668.36 |====================== 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 .......... 1.566 |============= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 2.083 |================= Selenium Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 1327.2 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 1214.6 |========================================== Core i7-8700B .......... 810.5 |============================ M1 MacMini ............. 1079.2 |===================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 148 |============================= i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 201 |======================================= Core i7-8700B .......... 253 |================================================= M1 MacMini ............. 198 |====================================== 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 .......... 518.96 |================================= M1 MacMini ............. 721.95 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 4930 |================= i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 8302 |============================ Core i7-8700B .......... 11581 |======================================= M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 98.51 |=============================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 103.0 |=============================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 255 |================================================= M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 506.26 |=============================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 11719 |======================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 98.6 |================================================ M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 102.0 |=============================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 31.8 |================================== M1 MacMini ............. 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 .......... 31.8 |================================== M1 MacMini ............. 28.2 |============================== 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 .......... 30.40 |================================ M1 MacMini ............. 21.53 |======================= 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 .......... 56.46 |================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 9.039 |===================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 49.53 |============ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 92.10 |============ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 4064.64 |====================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 327.50 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 416.68 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 73448 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 154.25 |=========== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 252.40 |=================== M1 MacMini ............. 137.22 |========== 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 .......... 34269 |====================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 31892 |==================================== M1 MacMini ............. 41836 |=============================================== 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 .......... 50.81 |===================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 58.11 |======================= M1 MacMini ............. 49.30 |==================== 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 .......... 641.47 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 292.15 |============================================ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 3862.56 |============================================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 3315.33 |======================================= 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 .......... 6.7317 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 7.5665 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 7.9907 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 9.0500 |============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 4.7773 |======================== 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 .......... 8.777 |============== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 12.629 |===================== M1 MacMini ............. 28.309 |============================================== 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 .......... 14005.8 |============================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 16468.9 |==================================== M1 MacMini ............. 20671.8 |============================================= GEGL Operation: Crop Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 12.284 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 10.812 |======================================== Core i7-8700B .......... 8.280 |=============================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 5.036 |=========================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 31.60 |================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 48.52 |================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 47.63 |=============================== Geekbench 5 Test: CPU Multi Core Score > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP . 3363 |================================ Core i7-8700B . 5360 |==================================================== M1 MacMini .... 5923 |========================================================= Geekbench 5 Test: CPU Single Core Score > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP . 913 |======================================= Core i7-8700B . 1229 |===================================================== M1 MacMini .... 1329 |========================================================= Geekbench 5 Test: GPU Apple Metal Score > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP . 9691 |========================= Core i7-8700B . 4919 |============= M1 MacMini .... 21626 |======================================================== 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 .......... 794 |===================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 16 |========================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 24 |======================================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 116 |===================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 176 |======================================= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 224 |================================================= 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 .......... 106.91 |========================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 117.03 |============================ 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 .......... 1.163 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 2.823 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 ........ 0.566 |============== M1 MacMini - 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 ........ 1.448 |============ M1 MacMini - Rosetta . 5.878 |================================================= 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 .......... 13.6 |======================================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 97.60 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 13.5 |======================================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 98.08 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 6.797 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 30.32 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 58.55 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 15.4 |======================================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 86.27 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 46.94 |========================== NeatBench 5 Acceleration: All FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 2.95 |============== Core i7-8700B .......... 10.20 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 10.13 |=============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 10.10 |=============================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better i7-6700HQ MBP ........ 3.49 |============================== Core i7-8700B ........ 5.32 |============================================== M1 MacMini - 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 ........ 532.72 |============================================ M1 MacMini - Rosetta . 582.51 |================================================ 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 .......... 37.48 |========= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 33.94 |======== 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 .......... 18264.27 |============ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 23.02 |=================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 42358.76 |================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 50.62 |================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 17008.29 |======================= M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 39.71 |=================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 7718.00 |===================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 31.85 |===================================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 16101.83 |================ M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 31.22 |==================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 15.41 |================== Tachyon 0.99b6 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 4278U Mac Mini . 638.53 |============================================== i7-6700HQ MBP .......... 286.87 |===================== Core i7-8700B .......... 149.85 |=========== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 179.71 |============= M1 MacMini ............. 118.07 |========= 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 .......... 209.64 |============================================== M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 148.85 |================================= 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 .......... 22.91 |================== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 8.071 |======== M1 MacMini - 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 .......... 7.147 |======= M1 MacMini - Rosetta ... 5.704 |======