iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1053 1723 61.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Multi-Core Score 4908 7709 63.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Geekbench 5.3.0 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout

System Information

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H15) macOS 11.3 (Build 20E232)
Model iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Processor Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 Apple M1
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 3 128 KB x 1
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 3 64.0 KB x 1
L2 Cache 256 KB x 3 4.00 MB x 1
L3 Cache 9.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1 Macmini9,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1037.140.50.0.0
Memory 64.00 GB DDR4 8.00 GB

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1053 1723 61.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 1106 2425 45.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 1088 1530 71.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 1094 1378 79.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 1072 1766 60.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 935 1653 56.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 1001 1427 70.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 1113 1607 69.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 995 1769 56.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 1026 1679 61.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 1089 1540 70.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 1013 1822 55.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1292 1768 73.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 313 1430 21.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 656 2257 29.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 1074 1998 53.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 2116 3218 65.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 1984 2489 79.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 1144 2567 44.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 984 1414 69.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 1144 1605 71.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 1271 1180 107.7%
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 4908 7709 63.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 5752 9880 58.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 4714 6129 76.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 5688 7225 78.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 3503 5753 60.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 4992 7612 65.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 3748 7198 52.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 5218 6978 74.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 3428 7999 42.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 4474 8168 54.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 5434 7222 75.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 5208 7923 65.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 6714 9051 74.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 5943 7973 74.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 5802 9972 58.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 4762 9913 48.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 7766 12785 60.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 9860 12763 77.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 8449 14644 57.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 5235 6850 76.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 3190 4951 64.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 2959 4499 65.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)