iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1740 1133 153.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 7643 4290 178.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.3 Tryout

System Information

iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 12.4 (Build 21F79) macOS 12.1 (Build 21C5045a)
Model iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 4
L3 Cache 8.00 MB x 1
Motherboard iMac21,1 Apple Inc. Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 iMac18,3
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 447.60.3.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 64.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1740 1133 153.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 2758 1164 236.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 1469 1153 127.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 1380 1163 118.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 1620 1098 147.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 1715 1034 165.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 1423 1054 135.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 1633 1192 137.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 1789 1124 159.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Clang 1772 1142 155.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Camera 1556 1165 133.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 1816 1147 158.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1779 1367 130.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 1430 337 424.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 2249 696 323.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 1999 1137 175.8%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 3183 2283 139.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HDR 2486 2135 116.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 2623 1230 213.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 1435 1129 127.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1583 1221 129.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1176 1303 90.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (24-inch Mid 2021) iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7643 4290 178.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 9897 5360 184.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 5863 5216 112.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 7216 5123 140.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 5583 2293 243.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 8024 2760 290.7%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 7187 4241 169.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 7071 4310 164.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 7785 3959 196.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Clang 8755 4486 195.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Camera 7056 4326 163.1%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 7597 4702 161.6%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9083 6756 134.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 7846 4197 186.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 10088 4554 221.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 8130 5009 162.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 12704 6503 195.4%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
HDR 12497 8474 147.5%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 14503 7005 207.0%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 6963 4162 167.3%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 4856 2837 171.2%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 4401 2433 180.9%
iMac (24-inch Mid 2021)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017)