iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 759 1365 55.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 2100 7974 26.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout

System Information

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042) macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H114)
Model iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i5-2500S @ 2.70 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-942B59F58194171B iMac12,2 Acidanthera Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 87.0.0.0.0 Acidanthera 1554.50.2.0.0
Memory 20.00 GB DDR3 32.00 GB RAM

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 759 1365 55.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 842 1905 44.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 866 1397 62.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 744 1233 60.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 736 1242 59.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 577 1191 48.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 663 1218 54.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 686 1253 54.7%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 662 1236 53.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 684 1201 57.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 742 1344 55.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 789 1295 60.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 982 1554 63.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 740 1050 70.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 821 1335 61.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 788 1233 63.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1441 2685 53.7%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1411 2397 58.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 950 1718 55.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 590 1183 49.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 839 1482 56.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 582 1389 41.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 2100 7974 26.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2520 4791 52.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 2347 10613 22.1%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 2280 9813 23.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1687 3490 48.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1669 8497 19.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1949 9755 20.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1882 7322 25.7%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1650 5841 28.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1994 10004 19.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 2141 7984 26.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 2231 9792 22.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 2971 15105 19.7%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 2436 9950 24.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2504 11677 21.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 2278 8167 27.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3524 11386 31.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 4048 15403 26.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 3085 15443 20.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1712 8236 20.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1629 3951 41.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1199 2393 50.1%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)