Mac mini M1 (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1747 1165 150.0%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7701 8197 93.9%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.1.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini M1 (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 11.5 (Build 20G71) macOS 11.0.1 (Build 20B29)
Model Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard Macmini9,1 Acidanthera Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Acidanthera 1037.140.50.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini M1 (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1747 1165 150.0%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2825 1204 234.6%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1531 1291 118.6%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1381 1124 122.9%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1767 1213 145.7%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1633 1115 146.5%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1424 1032 138.0%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1606 1200 133.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1804 1257 143.5%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1686 1046 161.2%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1536 1148 133.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1818 1089 166.9%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1769 1304 135.7%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1435 348 412.4%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2259 773 292.2%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1999 1135 176.1%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3214 2328 138.1%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2478 2139 115.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2583 1308 197.5%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1419 1088 130.4%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1603 1365 117.4%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1231 1486 82.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini M1 (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7701 8197 93.9%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10251 6852 149.6%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5993 10373 57.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7223 9698 74.5%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5760 4771 120.7%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7516 7388 101.7%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 7288 8561 85.1%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 6964 7729 90.1%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7871 6772 116.2%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8134 8868 91.7%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 7231 8236 87.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7664 8339 91.9%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9027 13853 65.2%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7990 8798 90.8%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 10079 10324 97.6%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9888 9047 109.3%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12393 12876 96.2%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12760 16052 79.5%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14547 13604 106.9%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6734 8239 81.7%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4964 4947 100.3%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4773 3359 142.1%
Mac mini M1 (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)