iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 864 1298 66.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 2729 8428 32.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout Geekbench 5.0.0

System Information

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1922) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
Model iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-77EB7D7DAF985301 iMac14,3 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 433.120.6.0.0 Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB DDR3 64.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 864 1298 66.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 1124 1356 82.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 872 1450 60.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 859 1316 65.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 714 1331 53.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 722 1217 59.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 792 1266 62.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 780 1304 59.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 809 1284 63.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 811 1239 65.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 823 1273 64.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 824 1296 63.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 950 1440 66.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 798 422 189.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 878 779 112.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 845 1314 64.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1643 2661 61.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1572 2508 62.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 1098 1192 92.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 781 1325 58.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 859 1493 57.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 785 1343 58.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 2729 8428 32.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 3243 5951 54.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 2708 11078 24.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 3052 10575 28.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1777 4573 38.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 2397 8055 29.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 2819 9439 29.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 2452 8037 30.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 2508 7002 35.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 2707 9634 28.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 2718 8289 32.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 2732 9463 28.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3719 13645 27.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 3043 8775 34.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 3118 11603 26.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 2806 9267 30.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 4404 12140 36.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 5318 17228 30.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 4328 13146 32.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 2632 9038 29.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1803 4260 42.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1579 2949 53.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)