iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1747 1745 100.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Multi-Core Score 7678 7645 100.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout

System Information

iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Operating System macOS 12.3.1 (Build 21E258) macOS 11.0.1 (Build 20B29)
Model iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Processor ID Apple M1 Apple processor
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 128 KB x 1
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 64.0 KB x 1
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 4.00 MB x 1
L3 Cache
Motherboard iMac21,1 Macmini9,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS
Memory 16.00 GB 8.00 GB

Single-Core Performance

iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1747 1745 100.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 2782 2751 101.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 1491 1518 98.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 1381 1376 100.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 1641 1763 93.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 1728 1675 103.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 1423 1419 100.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 1635 1601 102.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 1779 1798 98.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 1769 1677 105.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 1601 1596 100.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 1821 1826 99.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1779 1767 100.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 1409 1426 98.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 2245 2243 100.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 2000 1994 100.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 3205 3214 99.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 2496 2485 100.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 2560 2585 99.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 1433 1422 100.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 1586 1598 99.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 1183 1183 100.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7678 7645 100.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 10000 10016 99.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 5773 6002 96.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 7150 7228 98.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 5541 5663 97.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 7946 7766 102.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 7099 7135 99.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 7183 6919 103.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 7660 7866 97.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 8729 7930 110.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 6962 7074 98.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 7811 7606 102.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9100 8968 101.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 7864 7814 100.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 10070 10067 100.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 10016 9728 103.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 12615 12943 97.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 12717 12616 100.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 14395 14341 100.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 6947 6793 102.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 4843 4908 98.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 4609 4645 99.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)