iMac (27-inch Late 2012) vs iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)

iMac (27-inch Late 2012) iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 872 929 93.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 3364 2160 155.7%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Geekbench 5.5.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.5.1 Tryout

System Information

iMac (27-inch Late 2012) iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2026) macOS 13.6.9 (Build 22G830)
Model iMac (27-inch Late 2012) iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
Processor Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads 		Intel Core i5-7360U @ 2.30 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 4 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 8.00 MB x 1 4.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4 iMac13,2 Apple Inc. Mac-4B682C642B45593E iMac18,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 429.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 529.140.2.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR3 8.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Late 2012) iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 872 929 93.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 981 942 104.1%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 1012 864 117.1%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 865 939 92.1%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 885 941 94.0%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 660 734 89.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 758 835 90.8%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 801 910 88.0%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 782 833 93.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Clang 741 914 81.1%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Camera 852 930 91.6%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 950 776 122.4%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1098 1105 99.4%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 788 874 90.2%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 885 939 94.2%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 889 914 97.3%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 1740 1715 101.5%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
HDR 1587 1708 92.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 1059 1245 85.1%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 676 763 88.6%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1031 875 117.8%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 640 1037 61.7%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Late 2012) iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 3364 2160 155.7%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 3666 3090 118.6%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 4474 2363 189.3%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 3881 2318 167.4%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 2505 2112 118.6%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 2622 1504 174.3%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 3332 1842 180.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 3184 2067 154.0%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 2830 1691 167.4%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Clang 3214 2146 149.8%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Camera 3020 1918 157.5%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 3923 2077 188.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 5402 3028 178.4%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 3172 1878 168.9%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 3889 2252 172.7%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 3754 2205 170.2%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 5483 3506 156.4%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
HDR 6548 3685 177.7%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 5014 3184 157.5%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 2730 1714 159.3%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 2662 2004 132.8%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1439 1854 77.6%
iMac (27-inch Late 2012)
 
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2017)
 

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