Core i7-Based 27" iMac Benchmarks Show Significant Improvements

[MacRumors]

The delivery of the Core i7-based iMacs have generated the usual discussion threads about unboxing, impressions and benchmarks. The performance of the high-end iMacs have been of particular interest due to the incorporation of typically desktop-class processors into Apple's consumer line.

Various Geekbench and Cinebench scores for the new i7 iMacs have been reported. The best visual representation is provided by this blog entry at Timon-Royer.com which compiled this Geekbench scores across all currently shipping iMacs:

Longer bars are better with the new i7 iMac (green) performing significantly better than the Core 2 Duo (notebook-class) 21.5" iMacs. The i7 even represents a sizable (35%) performance increase over the i5 model and costs only $200 more. In fact, the i7 iMac benchmarks compare favorably to 2.93Ghz Quad-Core Mac Pro which costs significantly more.
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[SydneyDev]

The new iMacs represent very good value IMHO.

 

[sascha h-k]

imagine there would be an ssd inside !

 

[greg400]

imagine there would be an ssd inside !

Imagine an i7 iMac with a 1TB SSD and an ATI Radeon 58XX. That thing would scream speed like crazy. 😀

 

[AAPLaday]

looks like the people who ordered the i7 and have been waiting patiently will be justly rewarded with a large performance leap 🙂

 

[Paulshaqz]

the bench marks are fantastic! and so much cheeper then a mac pro!

 

[MartinAyla]

When the time comes, I will upgrade the CPU inside to the latest socket 1156 processor (they are not soldered) and then, while I'm at it, put in an SSD (which is probably a lot cheaper by then).

This will be a great update and keep the 27" alive a while longer 🙂

 

[kresh]

Makes my 2.66 GHz C2D from 2008 look like a snail 🙂 but I can't complain, it is still very fast for what I do.

 

[greatcaffeine]

My Core i7 iMac shows significant signs of DOA... now I'll probably have to wait another month to get a replacement. 😡

 

[MorphingDragon]

My Core i7 iMac shows significant signs of DOA... now I'll probably have to wait another month to get a replacement. 😡

I taste lemonade!

 

[andy721]

I get double the score on my mac pro '08, pretty sad if the i7's are such crap in the iMacs

 

[gnasher729]

I get double the score on my mac pro '08, pretty sad if the i7's are such crap in the iMacs

You are calling the i7 crap because an eight core Mac is twice as fast as one with four cores?

Anyway, you must have a very unusual MacPro, because this is completely contradicted by the published Geekbench results.

 

[morrisman1]

I get double the score on my mac pro '08, pretty sad if the i7's are such crap in the iMacs

shock horror!!! your sig says you have an octo, the imac is only a quad so what the hell did you expect? your pro a core 2 based xeon or a i7 based xeon?

 

[simsandwhich]

I get double the score on my mac pro '08, pretty sad if the i7's are such crap in the iMacs

More money than sense. Of course your computer is going to be faster if you paid $1000s more. Seriously. This is the stupidest thing I've read in a long time.

 

[IMPMAC]

Soon as they have an SSD option on iMacs, I will be getting one. ETA: 2 Years and counting

 

[MorphingDragon]

Soon as they have an SSD option on iMacs, I will be getting one. ETA: 2 Years and counting

Just install your own. It takes like 10 minutes and all you need is a suction cup and a Phillips screw driver.

 

[greg400]

Soon as they have an SSD option on iMacs, I will be getting one. ETA: 2 Years and counting

Same here. Hopefully by then there will also be some better graphic cards and they will move away from using the mobility versions.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Same here. Hopefully by then there will also be some better graphic cards and they will move away from using the mobility versions.

I'll be dead before that happens... and I'm still a teenager.

 

[greg400]

I'll be dead before that happens... and I'm still a teenager.

Well if Apple continues to make the screen bigger there will be more space to insert desktop parts, so I don't think it will be far off. I'm sure if there was a 30-inch iMac they could find a way to shove a desktop GPU in there.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Well if Apple continues to make the screen bigger there will be more space to insert desktop parts, so I don't think it will be far off. I'm sure if there was a 30-inch iMac they could find a way to shove a desktop GPU in there.

They'll make it thinner next.

 

[greg400]

They'll make it thinner next.

Lol, I wouldn't be holding my breath on that one after seeing what they did with this update.

 

[sammich]

They'll make it thinner next.

Thinner? The whole computer in the pane of glass?

 

[Toxman]

OT: Ratings

What is it with the ratings for the news posts? How can there be four *negative* ratings for this story? It always boggles my mind at what people will rate as a negative. 😕

 

[MorphingDragon]

Thinner? The whole computer in the pane of glass?

You never know, it is Apple were talking about. More and More circuitry is being replaced by a chip. As shown by the 9400M.

 

[AAPLaday]

It will end up looking like those Samsung LED tvs 😀