Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 682 1283 53.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 2754 8185 33.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
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System Information

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2026) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G103)
Model Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.30 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 256 KB x 4 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-F65AE981FFA204ED Macmini6,2 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 429.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR3 64.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 682 1283 53.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 773 1311 59.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 759 1449 52.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 698 1318 53.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 720 1331 54.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 507 1128 44.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 567 1205 47.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 601 1318 45.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 608 1284 47.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 601 1225 49.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 682 1261 54.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 704 1269 55.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 893 1499 59.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 617 424 145.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 718 782 91.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 716 1300 55.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1367 2586 52.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1280 2498 51.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 841 1190 70.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 546 1299 42.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 732 1507 48.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 509 1352 37.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 2754 8185 33.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 3169 6004 52.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 3546 10537 33.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 3233 10257 31.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 2313 4490 51.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 2143 7759 27.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 2757 9014 30.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 2679 7783 34.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 2481 6947 35.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 2327 9315 25.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 2534 8115 31.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 2658 9083 29.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3909 13314 29.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 2368 8550 27.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2984 10743 27.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 3171 8987 35.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 4402 11856 37.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 5225 16766 31.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 4149 12546 33.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 2264 8757 25.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 2141 4270 50.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1323 2927 45.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)