Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1744 1283 135.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7722 8147 94.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
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System Information

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 11.0 (Build 20A2411) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
Model Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID Apple processor GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Macmini9,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 40.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1744 1283 135.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2689 1342 200.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1517 1441 105.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1381 1298 106.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1750 1306 134.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1683 1219 138.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1423 1248 114.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1604 1304 123.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1798 1208 148.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1681 1228 136.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1584 1280 123.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1831 1274 143.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1769 1478 119.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1434 420 341.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2253 776 290.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1980 1299 152.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3241 2609 124.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2493 2400 103.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2599 1156 224.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1429 1311 109.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1610 1464 110.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1189 1363 87.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7722 8147 94.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10124 5511 183.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5993 10437 57.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7203 10191 70.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5659 4324 130.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7877 7801 101.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 7252 8992 80.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 6942 7817 88.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 8025 6916 116.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8235 9473 86.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 7098 8151 87.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7892 9211 85.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9033 13500 66.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7883 8603 91.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 9959 11000 90.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9853 8975 109.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12941 11719 110.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12715 16619 76.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14593 12903 113.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6802 8695 78.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4924 4229 116.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4778 2834 168.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)