Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 510 1021 50.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 1901 3790 50.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Geekbench 5.2.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2) macOS 11.0.1 (Build 20B29)
Model Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
Processor Intel Core i7-2635QM @ 2.00 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Intel Core i5-7600 @ 3.50 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 4 32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 4 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 6.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2794B2CDB12 Macmini5,3 Apple Inc. Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 iMac18,3
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 135.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 429.50.1.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR3 40.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 510 1021 50.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 611 990 61.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 560 1025 54.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 515 976 52.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 466 1035 45.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 343 972 35.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 473 1004 47.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 480 1056 45.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 464 1043 44.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Clang 439 1002 43.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Camera 553 1055 52.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 542 984 55.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 677 1267 53.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 494 307 160.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 619 638 97.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 593 1040 57.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 1016 2029 50.1%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HDR 961 1973 48.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 677 1142 59.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 411 975 42.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 581 1069 54.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 211 1190 17.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 1901 3790 50.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 2122 5249 40.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 2496 3334 74.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 1994 3808 52.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 2019 2729 74.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 1597 3658 43.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 1979 3699 53.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 1723 3617 47.6%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 1664 3557 46.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Clang 1430 3680 38.9%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Camera 1429 3889 36.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 1885 3529 53.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3012 4836 62.3%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 1671 3698 45.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 2044 4090 50.0%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 2063 3838 53.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 3201 5748 55.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HDR 3424 7070 48.4%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 3041 6057 50.2%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 1363 3611 37.7%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1816 2462 73.8%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1121 2521 44.5%
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)