Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1721 1282 134.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7119 9431 75.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.4 Tryout Geekbench 5.0.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.4 (Build 21F5048e) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G87)
Model Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Macmini9,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 1.0
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB 32.00 GB RAM

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1721 1282 134.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2708 1352 200.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1413 1381 102.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1370 1319 103.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1594 1378 115.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1716 1216 141.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1411 1242 113.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1617 1308 123.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1765 1258 140.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1746 1208 144.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1581 1305 121.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1806 1215 148.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1766 1442 122.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1423 425 334.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2236 773 289.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1993 1322 150.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3140 2391 131.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2484 2500 99.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2548 1173 217.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1432 1315 108.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1566 1342 116.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1129 1287 87.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7119 9431 75.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 9719 6883 141.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5228 10692 48.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 6584 11602 56.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5020 4821 104.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7388 9411 78.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 6438 10650 60.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 6721 9173 73.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7142 8160 87.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 7931 11084 71.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 6700 9610 69.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7289 9997 72.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8410 15681 53.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7435 10614 70.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 9517 12429 76.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9073 10338 87.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 11509 13739 83.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 11552 19009 60.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 13467 14872 90.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6496 10324 62.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4371 4933 88.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4333 3380 128.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)