iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 816 862 94.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 2384 3201 74.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout

System Information

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.6 (Build 21G115) macOS 12.5 (Build 21G72)
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 i5-9600K @ 3.70 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
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 3
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 3
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 3
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 9.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-77EB7D7DAF985301 iMac14,3 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 433.140.2.0.0 Apple Inc. 1554.140.20.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB DDR3 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 816 862 94.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 1155 1046 110.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 758 632 119.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 808 989 81.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 701 702 99.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 719 859 83.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 716 866 82.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 771 1054 73.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 732 914 80.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 795 894 88.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 794 1020 77.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 664 471 141.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 944 1152 81.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 752 244 308.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 830 585 141.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 816 1002 81.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1382 1484 93.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1482 1955 75.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 1005 1038 96.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 758 917 82.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 735 584 125.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 789 826 95.5%
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 2384 3201 74.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2837 4032 70.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 2248 2273 98.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 2577 3198 80.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1631 2056 79.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 2205 3259 67.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 2076 3188 65.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 2191 3240 67.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 2425 3457 70.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 2500 2844 87.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 2323 3015 77.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 2448 2685 91.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3299 3662 90.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 2513 3687 68.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2762 3973 69.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 2509 3628 69.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3832 5331 71.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 4287 6981 61.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 4051 5918 68.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 2309 3567 64.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1505 2004 75.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1406 2139 65.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)