Ahead of the release of the new M1-powered iMac, benchmarks for the device have appeared on Geekbench, perhaps from reviewers who have received advanced orders.
As expected, the new M1 iMac has benchmarks that are similar to those from the M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini, with an average single-core score of 1724 and a multi-core score of 7453. The benchmarks appear to be coming from the entry-level iMac, which features an 8-core CPU, a 7-core GPU, and two Thunderbolt ports running macOS 11.
The benchmarks compare favorably to the 2019 iMac, which had a single-core score of 1109 and a multi-core score of 6014, meaning the new M1 Mac is more than 50% faster than the previous generation in regards to single-core performance, and 25% faster for multi-core.
What’s particularly interesting to note is that the new M1 iMac outperforms the current high-end 27-inch iMac in single-core performance, but the 10th-generation Comet Lake Intel chip still trumps M1 in multi-core performance, with scores of 1247 and 9002 respectively.
The comparison demonstrates that the new iMac makes for a great entry-level device and should offer the performance and speed modern consumers need. However, it’s likely that Apple will overhaul the 27-inch iMac with an M1X or M2 chip, offering even faster speeds.
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