New iMacs Show 10-25% Performance Increase Over Previous Generation

Today Primate Labs reported about the Geekbench results for the new 21.5-inch iMac showing fairly strong increase in performance compared to the previous generation of computers. The report focuses on the 21,5'' iMacs, as the 27'' models will not be available for 2-3 more weeks. The new iMacs scored about 25% higher than its counterpart launched in 2011 and even outperformed the high-end 27-inch iMac from 2011 by about 10%.

Also the company compared the performance of the new iMac against the current models of Mac Pro and Mac mini. The comparison revealed that a high-end Mac mini offers almost the same level of performance as the mid-range iMac. The report said:

“Here this means that the mid-range Mac mini is faster than the mid-range iMac that's almost twice the price. True, you do get a display and a discrete GPU with the iMac, but these Geekbench results show how powerful the new Mac mini is despite its size”.

As for the 27-inch iMac, several Geekbench results have already showed up in the database running OS X 10.8.2 (special build 12С2037 The results revealed that the latest high-end 27-inch iMac will outstrip its 2011 counterpart by about 15%.