Geek Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p>Benchmarks for the 2011 iMac update are starting to appear and they’re very impressive. The chart below shows Geekbench scores for the entire 2011 iMac lineup, and for reference points they are compared against 2010 iMacs and 2009 iMacs. The improvements from last years to this years model are not quite as dramatic as the huge jump from Core 2 Duo to Core i7 architecture, but they still represent a 20%+ improvement in speed.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/imac-2011-benchmarks.gif" alt="iMac 2011 benchmarks with Geekbench" title="imac-2011-benchmarks" width="609" height="807" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15724" /></p> <p>(FYI the contrast on the benchmark chart was altered from the source to reduce file size)</p> <p>These results <a href="http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2011/05/imac-benchmarks-mid-2011/">were compiled by PrimateLabs</a>, the developers of Geekbench. You can run the test suite yourself on any Mac (or even a PC or iPhone), but be forewarned, unless you have a Core i-series equipped Mac, speed envy may inspire spontaneous upgrade decisions and a visit to the Apple Store.</p> <p>On a related note, these benchmarks are exactly why I hope the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/06/apple-moving-macs-from-intel-to-arm-processors/">rumor of Apple moving to ARM processors for the Mac</a> is false.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQsxjugjZeMIeEq_UiU-I7a4C1o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQsxjugjZeMIeEq_UiU-I7a4C1o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQsxjugjZeMIeEq_UiU-I7a4C1o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQsxjugjZeMIeEq_UiU-I7a4C1o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=83vUEnnLABU:Syl1eJN_tqY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/83vUEnnLABU" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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