First 24-inch iMac Performance Tests of 2021

First 24-inch iMac Performance Tests of 2021

Although they have not yet begun to reach consumers who pre-ordered it, the new 24-inch iMac from 2021 already has its first performance data online. As it happened with the iPad Pro 2021, it has been in Geekbench where this information has appeared that, if we compare it with that obtained by previous 21.5-inch iMac, we observe that there has been a great change. To what extent is the difference noticeable? We tell you all about these tests performed on the new Apple computer with ARM chip.

Big leap from Intel to M1, also on iMac

If Apple’s M1 chips have stood out for something, it is because they outperform a good part of the range of Intel processors that they had mounted up to now and that in fact we continue to find in some versions of their computers. With the iMac it was not going to be less and it is something that we can already see if we look at the data obtained by the 21.5-inch iMac launched in 2019 (the last one there was) and we put it in front of the model launched this year with 24 inches and M1 chip.

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According to the details of the tests carried out anonymously in Geekbench, the new iMac presented by Apple less than a month ago obtained a score of 1,729 in single core and a maximum score of 7,459 in multi core. If we observe the same tests carried out on the 21.5 model, we find that it obtains maximum scores of 1,157 in single core and 6,461 in the model with Intel Core i7.

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Obviously, these are still simple numbers in the end and day-to-day experience will tell a lot about this new computer, although at first it already aims high with these figures. Based on our experience with the first Macs that had this chip, probably even a professional can be satisfied with the performance of the M1, although it must be said that it is not designed for those who are extremely demanding, for whom a new processor could arrive. this same year.

And what about the large iMac?

Although it is rumored that the 27-inch iMac will also be renewed this year with an improved version of the M1 chip and a redesign similar to the 24-inch, the truth is that today there is nothing more than the last one launched on the market. last summer. In the performance data of that iMac we do find better data with scores in multi core with up to 8,403 points, although in single core the M1 surpasses it, since the maximum that we find in recent tests is 1,345 points with a Intel Core i7.

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With hardly any differences with the rest of M1

At the hardware level, both the Mac mini and MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and this iMac are identical. Only the MacBook Air has one less GPU core in its most basic version, while the rest do share everything. Therefore it is evident that the numbers are very similar in the end, having other differential characteristics between computers that will make those who wish to release a Mac with the first chip developed by Apple and with ARM architecture opt for one or the other.