Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 1750 941 186.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Multi-Core Score 7735 3339 231.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
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System Information

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
Operating System macOS 12.0.1 (Build 21A559) macOS 10.15.3 (Build 19D49f)
Model Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i5-5675R @ 3.10 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 71 Stepping 1
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 4.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Macmini9,1 Apple Inc. Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A iMac16,2
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 232.0.0.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB 16.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 1750 941 186.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 2832 1195 237.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 1523 874 174.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 1379 934 147.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 1651 1000 165.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 1725 750 230.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 1419 840 168.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 1628 847 192.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 1796 820 219.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 1765 828 213.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 1545 844 183.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 1821 872 208.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1780 1178 151.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 1435 788 182.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 2250 960 234.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 1993 943 211.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 3249 1797 180.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 2496 1793 139.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 2567 1226 209.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 1440 856 168.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 1604 958 167.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 1176 993 118.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7735 3339 231.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 10185 3509 290.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 5898 3667 160.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 7239 3557 203.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 5601 3229 173.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 8098 2755 293.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 7062 3231 218.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 7117 2935 242.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 7731 2926 264.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 8645 3128 276.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 7194 3121 230.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 7889 3101 254.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9054 4533 199.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 7927 3497 226.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 10056 3655 275.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 9766 3287 297.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 12608 5195 242.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 12766 6372 200.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 14395 5230 275.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 7035 2644 266.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 4891 2901 168.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 4684 2264 206.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Late 2015)