Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 712 1041 68.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Multi-Core Score 2809 4302 65.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Geekbench 5.0.3 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
Operating System macOS 10.15.1 (Build 19B88) macOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
Model Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
Processor Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.30 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 4
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 4
L2 Cache 256 KB x 4 256 KB x 4
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 8.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-F65AE981FFA204ED Macmini6,2 Apple Inc. Mac-B809C3757DA9BB8D iMac17,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 281.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 170.0.0.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR3 40.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 712 1041 68.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 754 1104 68.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 795 1101 72.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 726 1073 67.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 735 1017 72.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 557 911 61.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 647 996 65.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 654 1069 61.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 645 961 67.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 616 1012 60.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 677 1102 61.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 753 1089 69.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 877 1266 69.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 662 310 213.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 748 640 116.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 740 1056 70.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 1390 2147 64.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 1325 1991 66.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 797 1136 70.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 554 1019 54.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 781 1182 66.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 536 1199 44.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Multi-Core Score 2809 4302 65.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 3238 4353 74.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 3671 4892 75.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 3225 5108 63.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 2214 2785 79.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 2199 3669 59.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 2779 4242 65.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 2680 4338 61.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 2375 3524 67.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 2614 4550 57.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 2537 4265 59.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 2964 5069 58.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 4361 6760 64.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 2652 4182 63.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 3229 5112 63.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 3254 4741 68.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 4433 6587 67.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 5550 8134 68.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 3670 6877 53.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 2309 3992 57.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 2215 2620 84.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 1285 2075 61.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)