iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1201 1745 68.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Multi-Core Score 5359 7607 70.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Geekbench 5.0.2 Pro Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout

System Information

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Operating System macOS 10.15.1 (Build 19B88) macOS 11.2.1 (Build 20D75)
Model iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020)
Processor Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12 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. 1037.40.118.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR4 8.00 GB

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Mac mini (Late 2020) Difference
Single-Core Score 1201 1745 68.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 1633 2775 58.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 1161 1524 76.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 1136 1379 82.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 1107 1721 64.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 950 1665 57.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 1123 1426 78.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 1117 1606 69.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 1114 1802 61.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 1067 1679 63.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 1161 1604 72.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 1095 1818 60.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1296 1770 73.2%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 1080 1431 75.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 1182 2252 52.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 1168 2003 58.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 2257 3203 70.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 2164 2484 87.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 1419 2586 54.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 1183 1418 83.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 1247 1598 78.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 1202 1183 101.6%
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 5359 7607 70.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
AES-XTS 5008 9943 50.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Compression 5095 6029 84.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Compression 6377 7225 88.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Navigation 3014 5655 53.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HTML5 5060 7600 66.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
SQLite 6241 7199 86.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
PDF Rendering 5049 6819 74.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Text Rendering 4854 7641 63.5%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Clang 5983 8220 72.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Camera 5499 6721 81.8%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
N-Body Physics 5537 7815 70.9%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Rigid Body Physics 7504 8924 84.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Gaussian Blur 5807 7842 74.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Face Detection 6903 10091 68.4%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Horizon Detection 5606 9730 57.6%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Image Inpainting 8284 12750 65.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
HDR 10955 12735 86.0%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Ray Tracing 8386 14528 57.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Structure from Motion 5609 6836 82.1%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Speech Recognition 2943 4966 59.3%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
Machine Learning 2553 4422 57.7%
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Mac mini (Late 2020)