iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2018) Difference
Single-Core Score 1250 998 125.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Multi-Core Score 7877 4815 163.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
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System Information

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2018)
Operating System macOS 12.2 (Build 21D49) macOS 11.0.1 (Build 20B5012d)
Model iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2018)
Processor Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Intel Core i5-8500B @ 3.00 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 8 32.0 KB x 3
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 8 32.0 KB x 3
L2 Cache 256 KB x 8 256 KB x 3
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1 9.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1 Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1715.80.5.0.0 Apple Inc. 1554.40.41.0.0 (iBridge: 18.16.12551.5.19,0)
Memory 96.00 GB DDR4 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2018) Difference
Single-Core Score 1250 998 125.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
AES-XTS 1264 996 126.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Text Compression 1347 1018 132.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Image Compression 1213 996 121.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Navigation 1221 898 136.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
HTML5 1170 950 123.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
SQLite 1197 1007 118.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
PDF Rendering 1271 1024 124.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Text Rendering 1235 1007 122.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Clang 1250 976 128.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Camera 1265 1030 122.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
N-Body Physics 1266 1036 122.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1533 1272 120.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Gaussian Blur 375 308 121.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Face Detection 773 641 120.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Horizon Detection 1213 989 122.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Image Inpainting 2570 1972 130.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
HDR 2361 1916 123.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Ray Tracing 1371 1126 121.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Structure from Motion 1202 953 126.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Speech Recognition 1416 1073 132.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Machine Learning 1408 1088 129.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2018) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7877 4815 163.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
AES-XTS 5743 4177 137.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Text Compression 9904 4248 233.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Image Compression 9504 5484 173.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Navigation 4254 2591 164.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
HTML5 7534 5313 141.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
SQLite 8448 5463 154.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
PDF Rendering 7838 4756 164.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Text Rendering 6616 4247 155.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Clang 9406 5392 174.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Camera 7902 5076 155.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
N-Body Physics 8260 4920 167.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Rigid Body Physics 13464 7229 186.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Gaussian Blur 8571 5261 162.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Face Detection 10410 6409 162.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Horizon Detection 8641 4951 174.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Image Inpainting 11192 6881 162.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
HDR 15229 9605 158.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Ray Tracing 13490 8812 153.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Structure from Motion 7803 5058 154.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Speech Recognition 4122 2580 159.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
Machine Learning 2839 2201 129.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2018)