Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1734 1327 130.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7541 7954 94.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.2.0 Tryout

System Information

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 11.6 (Build 20G165) macOS 10.15.5 (Build 19F101)
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 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1037.120.79.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 40.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1734 1327 130.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2601 1672 155.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1527 1395 109.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1379 1291 106.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1767 1249 141.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1642 1134 144.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1424 1127 126.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1602 1270 126.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1777 1119 158.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1678 1187 141.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1579 1171 134.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1812 1246 145.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1772 1531 115.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1429 1151 124.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2262 1301 173.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1996 1244 160.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3206 2551 125.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2486 2355 105.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2589 1721 150.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1419 1264 112.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1598 1469 108.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1180 1450 81.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

Mac mini (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7541 7954 94.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10208 5824 175.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 6037 10215 59.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 6855 10238 67.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5645 4311 130.9%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7438 7356 101.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 6836 8601 79.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 6724 7496 89.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7935 6294 126.1%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 7828 9057 86.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 7079 7906 89.5%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7770 9052 85.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8669 13485 64.3%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7934 8609 92.2%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 9763 10528 92.7%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9551 8637 110.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12485 11889 105.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12413 15716 79.0%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14587 13554 107.6%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6773 8600 78.8%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4820 4215 114.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4564 2919 156.4%
Mac mini (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)