Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1746 1264 138.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7645 8268 92.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.0.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.4 (Build 21F79) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
Model Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 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 13
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 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB 40.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1746 1264 138.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2580 1280 201.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1516 1375 110.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1383 1281 108.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1658 1335 124.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1723 1104 156.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1428 1192 119.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1630 1249 130.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1791 1271 140.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1773 1235 143.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1617 1322 122.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1835 1224 149.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1778 1362 130.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1437 417 344.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2248 775 290.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 2004 1300 154.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3248 2685 121.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2500 2494 100.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2601 1186 219.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1443 1335 108.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1610 1455 110.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1168 1286 90.8%
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 7645 8268 92.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10019 5756 174.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5873 10802 54.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7149 10448 68.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5526 4376 126.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7839 7901 99.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 7074 9379 75.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 7112 7936 89.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7815 6803 114.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8738 9625 90.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 6926 8162 84.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7568 9167 82.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8945 13456 66.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7724 8668 89.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 9972 11366 87.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9721 8822 110.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12845 12124 105.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12419 17189 72.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14118 12580 112.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6884 9027 76.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4840 4297 112.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4556 2822 161.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)