Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1149 1007 114.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 6230 3744 166.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Geekbench 5.3.0 Tryout Geekbench 5.3.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G6032) macOS 12.1 (Build 21C52)
Model Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
Processor Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 6 32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 6 32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 6 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 12.0 MB x 1 6.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1 Apple Inc. Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 iMac18,3
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1554.50.3.0.0 (iBridge: 18.16.12561.0.0,0) Apple Inc. 447.60.3.0.0
Memory 32.00 GB DDR4 64.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1149 1007 114.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 1533 1064 144.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 1221 927 131.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 1161 1035 112.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 1140 999 114.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 1002 961 104.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 1093 974 112.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 1153 1069 107.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 1075 1022 105.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Clang 1092 1031 105.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Camera 1170 1066 109.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 1172 942 124.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1379 1257 109.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 336 288 116.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 695 634 109.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 1116 928 120.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 2337 1940 120.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HDR 2126 1896 112.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 1238 1048 118.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 1028 950 108.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1265 1031 122.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1313 1232 106.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2018) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 6230 3744 166.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 5518 5252 105.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 7885 3065 257.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 7525 4022 187.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 3862 2608 148.1%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 5441 3671 148.2%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 6219 3674 169.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 6131 3728 164.5%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 5246 3551 147.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Clang 6401 3625 176.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Camera 6015 3987 150.9%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 7219 3395 212.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 10259 4825 212.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 6493 3920 165.6%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 7845 4072 192.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 6743 3891 173.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 9637 5885 163.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HDR 12049 7183 167.7%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 9956 5846 170.3%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 5692 3701 153.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 3806 2323 163.8%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 2715 1829 148.4%
Mac mini (Late 2018)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)