Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 547 1197 45.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 1255 8174 15.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.5.1 Geekbench 5.0.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G66) macOS 10.15 (Build 19A546d)
Model Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 3.00 MB x 1 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 Macmini5,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 1.0
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 135.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB DDR3 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 547 1197 45.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 638 1295 49.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 595 1400 42.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 568 1248 45.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 585 1293 45.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 427 1180 36.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 485 1219 39.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 497 1165 42.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 452 1087 41.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 475 965 49.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 531 1145 46.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 473 1164 40.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 726 1357 53.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 519 399 130.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 595 754 78.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 599 1197 50.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 977 2569 38.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1058 2370 44.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 697 1052 66.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 436 1233 35.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 508 1410 36.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 439 1301 33.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 1255 8174 15.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 1365 5896 23.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1565 10278 15.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1329 10372 12.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1439 4498 32.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 929 7791 11.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1120 8488 13.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1177 7523 15.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1083 6957 15.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1129 9449 11.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1109 8277 13.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1106 8552 12.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1886 13398 14.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1115 8618 12.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 1379 11185 12.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1423 9125 15.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1996 12377 16.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2379 16667 14.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 1770 12886 13.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 957 8879 10.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1153 4412 26.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 728 2977 24.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)