iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1260 1665 75.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Multi-Core Score 7587 7049 107.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Geekbench 5.5.1 Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout

System Information

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Operating System macOS 14.3.1 (Build 23D60) macOS 11.2 (Build 20D64)
Model iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Processor Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Apple M1 @ 3.18 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13 Apple M1
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 8 128 KB x 1
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 8 64.0 KB x 1
L2 Cache 256 KB x 8 4.00 MB x 1
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Acidanthera Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1 Macmini9,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Acidanthera 2020.40.3.0.0
Memory 32.00 GB DDR4 16.00 GB

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1260 1665 75.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 1201 2525 47.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 1263 1364 92.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 1222 1336 91.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 1204 1680 71.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 1091 1597 68.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 1108 1372 80.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 1243 1557 79.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 1177 1730 68.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 1211 1617 74.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 1247 1554 80.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 1205 1733 69.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1438 1717 83.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 1086 1382 78.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 1249 2196 56.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 1188 1934 61.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 2343 3067 76.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 2250 2413 93.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 1563 2425 64.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 993 1372 72.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 1398 1504 93.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 1389 1103 125.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7587 7049 107.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 5559 9734 57.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 9667 5450 177.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 9680 6744 143.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 4233 5001 84.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 6989 7120 98.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 8002 6378 125.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 7614 6581 115.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 5974 7429 80.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 9016 7265 124.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 7599 6207 122.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 7956 7231 110.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 12919 8031 160.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 7803 7427 105.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 9674 9018 107.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 8448 9013 93.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 11201 11286 99.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 14409 11855 121.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 13162 13851 95.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 7381 6460 114.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 4192 4516 92.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 2854 4372 65.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)