Good for a lower end iMac, but I think we could see even higher performance once "Apple Silicon" on a Mac is freed from the 16 GB RAM barrier.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
M1 iMac is Up to 56% Faster Than Prior-Generation High-End 21.5-Inch iMac
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Same here. The back looks great but the Barbie pastel colours is just plain wrong.
Well, in fact, the M1 is currently Apple's highest-end chip. Apple has several other A chips which are lower-end. Apple is expected to release a higher-end chip, to compete with Intel's higher-end, but it is only speculation so far.
I'd agree, but those are fairly expensive CPU's that run quite hot and will likely need extensive cooling systems. The M1 itself uses a tiny fraction of the power of the CPU's you mentioned and doesn't need an extensive CPU cooling system, either.
I don't know if a 65W i7 processor can really be compared to the 10-15W M1 processor. A better comparison might be the 15W i7-1185G7 (4C/8T) given thermal constraints. The i7-1185G7 has a Geekbench score of 1417 single and 4857 multi.
This. I bought it for the amazing screen, dont really care about bezels or chins or stands. But I have always enjoyed function over form.
I agree within its power class the M1 is astounding.
This article however is comparing big boy Intel powered CPUs so I thought it fair to point out its not exactly fair to look at the 2017 8700 just so we can state big headline performance boosts.
Well, nothing really newsworthy, comparing with Intel 8th gen...
I'm interested in graphics performance. Obviously it won't outperform a Mac with a dedicated GPU but it should be better than Intel's integrated graphics.
If you are into clock rate numbers, as it sounds like you are, sure. If you're into performance, especially for an entry level machine, it's outstanding.
"It demonstrates the lack of headroom, the lack of progress in 6 months."
You should send some feedback and a heads-up to Johny Srouji.
Check out this link.
Apple's M1 chip outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in graphics benchmark - 9to5Mac
Ever since Apple unveiled its new M1 SoC, it has been continuously impressing us as we learn more about it....
9to5mac.com
This iMac isn’t intended to compete with 11th gen intel machines, it’s aimed more at consumers. 27 inch iMac uses 10th gen intel. A better comparison would be to wait and see what apple uses in their larger iMac, then compare that to intel.
The benchmark results are really impressive and show that the new iMac is around 50% faster than my 6 Core i5 27" iMac. The M1 is still not faster than the high end i9 models, but I guess we will see it with the M2 when it comes out. The new 24" iMac is intriguing and the only thing that holds me back from ordering one is the lack of support for 32GB of RAM. Apart from that I like what Apple has done with the new iMac.
2021 iMac is faster than 2019 iMac. Who knew.
With Intel, we didnt get over 50% increase in performance...year after year we get 5-10% increase in performance
And now, we get this and not being that hot anymore
Yeah...if the 2021 iMac were still Intel-based it might be 5-10% faster.
And yet people still complain about it.
Apple has little incentive to service the sub-$699 PC market, the sub-$399 smartphone market and the sub-$299 tablet market as it costs more to sell & support than it's worth. Time is better spent pioneering new markets or disrupting old ones.
I'm perfectly happy with the previous design that started in 2012 but I welcome this as it gives me an excuse to upgrade my perfectly functional 8yo iMac 27" to the next larger screen iMac with Apple Silicon.
Jumping from a 22nm 77W TDP Core i7-3770 4/8 core/threads to a 5nm <77W TDP M1x >8/8 core/threads.
By the early 2030s I expect <1nm Apple Silicon SoC to be in the next iPhone, iPads, Macs and other Apple products.
1nm chips will be used by AMD.
10nm++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ chips will be used by Intel.
But they won’t so you won’t be buying one, probably because you don't have any intention of buying anything anyway.
Probably is very close to the same. But we need to also step away from just the CPU benchmarks comparisons to the Compute Benchmark (Metal) where M1 gets about 19500 -21500 averaged.
I would buy this if it was a 27 inch display or 32 inches..my only beef with this was that the monitor is just too small Im not a fan of 24 inches
they will likely need a process improvement to eek out significantly more single core performance. i would expect they add more lower performance cores.
i have heard no confirmation of widespread ssd use or wear issue. It’s just as likely a bug in smartmontools.
Also your 2019 iMac is the last one that is SSD m.2 upgradeable, as well as the CPU and RAM. You might want to hold onto that bad boy, it could serve you well for years
(2020 iMacs are also ssd m.2 upgradeable IF you purchased the price laughable upgrade to 4 or 8TB ssd; I just upgraded my 2017 5K iMac to 4TB this past weekend and its screaming fast now)