iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 569 862 66.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 1422 3201 44.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.5.0 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout

System Information

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.6.3 (Build 21G419) 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 569 862 66.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 770 1046 73.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 288 632 45.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 367 989 37.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 530 702 75.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 583 859 67.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 468 866 54.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 550 1054 52.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 650 914 71.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 423 894 47.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 663 1020 65.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 389 471 82.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 683 1152 59.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 591 244 242.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 664 585 113.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 692 1002 69.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 925 1484 62.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1314 1955 67.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 835 1038 80.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 686 917 74.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 628 584 107.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 760 826 92.0%
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 1422 3201 44.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2597 4032 64.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1593 2273 70.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1781 3198 55.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1155 2056 56.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 844 3259 25.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1522 3188 47.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1165 3240 36.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1073 3457 31.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1475 2844 51.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 805 3015 26.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1547 2685 57.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 2318 3662 63.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 2003 3687 54.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 976 3973 24.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1711 3628 47.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 2413 5331 45.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 3402 6981 48.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 1992 5918 33.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1671 3567 46.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 801 2004 40.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 947 2139 44.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)