iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 771 1240 62.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 2126 9101 23.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
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System Information

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042) macOS 12.3 (Build 21E230)
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 1715.80.5.0.0
Memory 20.00 GB DDR3 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 771 1240 62.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 856 1251 68.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 895 1299 68.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 762 1243 61.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 782 1266 61.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 583 1077 54.1%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 679 1122 60.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 704 1261 55.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 659 1199 55.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 691 1197 57.7%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 751 1254 59.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 816 1212 67.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 994 1462 68.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 748 359 208.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 826 1261 65.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 801 1230 65.1%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1493 2478 60.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1429 2276 62.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 926 1303 71.1%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 559 1199 46.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 848 1410 60.1%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 589 1485 39.7%
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 2126 9101 23.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2509 7397 33.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 2395 10768 22.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 2298 10975 20.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1702 5288 32.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1690 8538 19.8%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 2013 9503 21.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1883 8772 21.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1647 7685 21.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 2034 10040 20.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 2166 8870 24.4%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 2313 9392 24.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3021 15505 19.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 2453 9858 24.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2517 11451 22.0%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 2321 9960 23.3%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3594 13963 25.7%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 4123 17980 22.9%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 3160 15331 20.6%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1733 9546 18.2%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1640 5200 31.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1217 3637 33.5%
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)