Macworld (2019-06)

JUNE 2019 MACWORLD 25

2017 3.0GHz quad-core Core i5 iMac with
a 4GB Radeon Pro 560 graphics card.
In these two tests, the Vega 20
provides a significant boost over the
Radeon Pro 560. In the OpenCL test, the
new iMac and its Vega 20 was 41 percent

faster than the 2017 iMac and its Radeon

Pro 560. In the Metal test, the new iMac

was 36 percent faster.

OTHER BENCHMARKS

We ran several other tests on the new

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000

GEEKBENCH 4 COMPUTE OPENCL

Longer bars are better

21.5-inch iMac (2019)

3.0GHz 6-core i5

21.5-inch iMac (2017)

3.4GHz quad-core i5

78,560

55,533

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000

GEEKBENCH 4 COMPUTE METAL

Longer bars are better

21.5-inch iMac (2019)

3.0GHz 6-core i5

21.5-inch iMac (2017)

3.4GHz quad-core i5

77,640

57,077

0 750 1,500 2,250 3,000

CINEBENCH R20 CPU TEST

Longer bars are better

21.5-inch iMac (2019)

3.0GHz 6-core i5

21.5-inch iMac (2017)

3.4GHz quad-core i5

2,351

1,467