Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 567 848 66.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Multi-Core Score 1229 3010 40.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Geekbench 5.5.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
Operating System macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042) macOS 12.7.6 (Build 21H1320)
Model Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
Processor Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Intel Core i5-5575R @ 2.80 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 71 Stepping 1
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 3.00 MB x 1 4.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 Macmini5,1 Apple Inc. Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A iMac16,2
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 135.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 428.60.3.0.0
Memory 2.00 GB DDR3 8.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 567 848 66.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 600 1141 52.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 634 832 76.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 580 838 69.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Navigation 586 910 64.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
HTML5 445 708 62.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
SQLite 493 750 65.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 541 783 69.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 469 772 60.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Clang 524 783 66.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Camera 575 766 75.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 493 655 75.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 757 1044 72.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 520 622 83.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 633 853 74.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 607 851 71.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 1014 1550 65.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
HDR 1094 1606 68.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 721 1057 68.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 452 782 57.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 537 750 71.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 437 849 51.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015) Difference
Multi-Core Score 1229 3010 40.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 1366 3793 36.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 1560 2426 64.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 1325 2632 50.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Navigation 1319 2434 54.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
HTML5 825 2606 31.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
SQLite 1148 2931 39.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 1153 2834 40.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 1056 2713 38.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Clang 1129 3057 36.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Camera 1105 2887 38.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 1102 2821 39.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1882 4088 46.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 1127 3227 34.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 1370 3300 41.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 1343 3122 43.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 1958 5275 37.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
HDR 2359 5897 40.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 1763 4815 36.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 954 2844 33.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 1094 2722 40.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 716 2298 31.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)