Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 660 1110 59.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Multi-Core Score 2589 4311 60.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout Geekbench 5.2.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1030) macOS 10.15.5 (Build 19F101)
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. 421.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 170.0.0.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB DDR3 32.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2012) iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015) Difference
Single-Core Score 660 1110 59.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 744 1483 50.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 649 1070 60.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 676 1051 64.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 704 1007 69.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 507 910 55.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 590 977 60.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 616 1054 58.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 615 1012 60.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 570 980 58.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 656 1088 60.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 606 1046 57.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 855 1246 68.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 609 1014 60.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 669 1079 62.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 697 1036 67.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 1277 2092 61.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 1250 1958 63.8%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 810 1391 58.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 531 1051 50.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 683 1137 60.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 515 1186 43.4%
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 2589 4311 60.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
AES-XTS 3207 4489 71.4%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Compression 3539 4894 72.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Compression 2957 5010 59.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Navigation 2315 2969 78.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HTML5 2038 3572 57.1%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
SQLite 2554 4188 61.0%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
PDF Rendering 2528 4262 59.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Text Rendering 2426 3699 65.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Clang 2490 4434 56.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Camera 2357 4175 56.5%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
N-Body Physics 2861 4643 61.6%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Rigid Body Physics 4218 6602 63.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Gaussian Blur 2380 4237 56.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Face Detection 1859 4910 37.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Horizon Detection 2109 4598 45.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Image Inpainting 3876 6649 58.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
HDR 3788 8356 45.3%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Ray Tracing 3633 6863 52.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Structure from Motion 1952 4521 43.2%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Speech Recognition 2148 2662 80.7%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
 
Machine Learning 1300 2136 60.9%
Mac mini (Late 2012)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)