Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 1682 1041 161.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Multi-Core Score 7005 4302 162.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
Operating System macOS 11.0.1 (Build 20B29) macOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
Model Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.18 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Processor ID Apple processor GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 4
L3 Cache 8.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Macmini9,1 Apple Inc. Mac-B809C3757DA9BB8D iMac17,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 170.0.0.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 40.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 1682 1041 161.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 2509 1104 227.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 1269 1101 115.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 1367 1073 127.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 1687 1017 165.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 1585 911 174.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 1405 996 141.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 1592 1069 148.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 1767 961 183.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 1649 1012 162.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 1534 1102 139.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 1772 1089 162.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1754 1266 138.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 1414 310 456.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 2248 640 351.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 1985 1056 188.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 3122 2147 145.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 2465 1991 123.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 2547 1136 224.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 1409 1019 138.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 1550 1182 131.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 1154 1199 96.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7005 4302 162.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 9084 4353 208.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 5289 4892 108.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 6634 5108 129.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 5267 2785 189.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 7293 3669 198.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 6641 4242 156.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 6570 4338 151.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 7259 3524 206.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 7305 4550 160.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 5964 4265 139.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 7276 5069 143.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 7856 6760 116.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 7379 4182 176.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 9124 5112 178.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 9054 4741 191.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 11679 6587 177.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 11768 8134 144.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 14018 6877 203.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 6452 3992 161.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 4207 2620 160.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 4209 2075 202.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)