iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Metal Score 19951 47159 42.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.1.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.0.0 Tryout

System Information

iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.15.3 (Build 19D76) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
Model iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.40 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
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-77F17D7DA9285301 iMac18,2 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 1.0
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 180.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB DDR4 16.00 GB DDR4
Metal Information
Device Name AMD Radeon Pro 560 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Metal Performance

iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Metal Score 19951 47159 42.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Sobel 25305 58288 43.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Canny 17997 41614 43.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Stereo Matching 55528 174443 31.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Histogram Equalization 14807 22299 66.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 18696 53079 35.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Depth of Field 40314 140037 28.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 4283 13558 31.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 18661 40548 46.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Feature Matching 7230 6603 109.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Particle Physics 85285 284154 30.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SFFT 14336 35464 40.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)