Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1039 1279 81.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 5073 9217 55.0%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
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System Information

Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H15) macOS 13.1 (Build 22C65)
Model Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i5-8500B @ 3.00 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 3 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 3 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 256 KB x 3 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 9.00 MB x 1 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1 Acidanthera Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1916.40.8.0.0 (iBridge: 20.16.411.0.0,0) Acidanthera 1916.40.6.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR4 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1039 1279 81.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 1083 1245 87.0%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1106 1183 93.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1078 1244 86.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1062 1267 83.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 891 1135 78.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 981 1139 86.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1048 1269 82.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1045 1186 88.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 985 1216 81.0%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1068 1255 85.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1014 1208 83.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1276 1458 87.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 307 1122 27.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 642 1263 50.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1044 1210 86.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 2167 2510 86.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1974 2263 87.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 1125 1303 86.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 986 1162 84.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1183 1394 84.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1219 1483 82.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 5073 9217 55.0%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 5108 7458 68.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 4929 11094 44.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 6052 11341 53.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 3001 5337 56.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 4776 8935 53.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 5575 9640 57.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 4841 8929 54.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 4652 7704 60.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 4917 10496 46.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 5211 9014 57.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 4895 9073 54.0%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 6928 14973 46.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 5687 10077 56.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 6243 11019 56.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 4798 9940 48.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 8171 14061 58.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 10154 17980 56.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 8850 15027 58.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 5015 9596 52.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 3264 5390 60.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 2642 3557 74.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)