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New Low-Cost iMac 40% Slower in Multi-Core, Comparable in Single-Core Benchmarks

Following today's launch of a new entry-level iMac model (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/18/apple-launches-new-cheaper-imac-1099/) featuring an ultra-low voltage Intel processor actually used in the MacBook Air, the new iMac appears to have shown up (http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/622788) in Geekbench's benchmarking database. The use of an ultra-low voltage chip in the iMac is a somewhat curious move for Apple, as the company has traditionally used much more powerful desktop processors in the line.
 
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 As expected, the new machine posts relatively low 32-bit scores of 2820 in single-core mode and 5435 in multi-core mode. These scores are marginally better than the 2476/4690 scores posted by the current-generation MacBook Air running the same chip and actually fairly close to single-core scores from the previous low-end iMac model, which remains available, at 2882.
 
 But where this new low-end iMac falls far short of the previous low-end model is in multi-core performance, where the older model clocks in at 9204. This major difference is due primarily to the chip used in the new low-end model being a dual-core chip, while the older low-end chip is quad-core.
 
 The new low-end iMac comes in $200 cheaper (http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac) than the previous entry-level model, but for that savings users will sacrifice some CPU and graphics performance and will have a 500 GB hard drive rather than the 1 TB drive included in the more expensive low-end model.
 
 Update 12:25 PM: Primate Labs' John Poole has shared a blog post (http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2014/06/imac-performance-june-2014/) putting the new low-end iMac's performance in perspective compared to other iMac models and highlighting a <a hrwf="https://twitter.com/AndrewWrites/statuses/479262179938795520">Tweet[/url] from Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham noting that Apple's decision to use a chip from its MacBook Air line may have been made for graphics reasons.<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'd say Apple used an Ultrabook CPU in the new iMac to avoid shipping Intel's HD 4600 GPU in anything. No desktop CPUs include HD 5000.</p>— Andrew Cunningham (@AndrewWrites) June 18, 2014 (https://twitter.com/AndrewWrites/statuses/479262179938795520)
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Source: New Low-Cost iMac 40% Slower in Multi-Core, Comparable in Single-Core Benchmarks (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/18/low-end-imac-2014-geekbench/)