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iMac

All-in-one Apple silicon desktops with integrated displays. Compare each configuration’s chip and available gaming-performance context.

3 configurations 3 chips 2021–2024 All devices

iMac performance over time

Metal GPU performance

A synthetic view of GPU compute throughput. Higher is better.

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Chip-wide fallback
Metal GPU performance Metal score over time for iMac configurations. Higher is better. Geekbench Metal 0 20k 40k 60k 2021 2022 2023 2024 iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) · 27,272 · 2021 · chip-wide fallback iMac (24-inch, M3, 2023) · 46,117 · 2023 · chip-wide fallback iMac (24-inch, M4, 2024) · 51,841 · 2024 · chip-wide fallback
Filled points are device averages; hollow points use the linked chip-wide Metal score. Peak values are plotted when Geekbench lists multiple configurations.

CPU single-core performance

Useful context for frame pacing, game logic, and CPU-limited titles.

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CPU single-core performance CPU single-core score over time for iMac configurations. Higher is better. Geekbench single-core 0 1k 2k 3k 4k 2021 2022 2023 2024 iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) · 2,166 · 2021 · device average iMac (24-inch, M3, 2023) · 2,753 · 2023 · device average iMac (24-inch, M4, 2024) · 3,240 · 2024 · device average
Points are Geekbench device averages. Peak values are plotted when Geekbench lists multiple configurations.

CPU multi-core performance

Useful context for simulation-heavy games and parallel workloads.

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CPU multi-core performance CPU multi-core score over time for iMac configurations. Higher is better. Geekbench multi-core 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 2021 2022 2023 2024 iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) · 8,382 · 2021 · device average iMac (24-inch, M3, 2023) · 11,655 · 2023 · device average iMac (24-inch, M4, 2024) · 15,409 · 2024 · device average
Points are Geekbench device averages. Peak values are plotted when Geekbench lists multiple configurations.

iMac configurations

DeviceChipYearCPU singleCPU multiMetal
iMac (24-inch, M4, 2024) M4 2024 3,160–3,240 13,357–15,409 51,729–51,841chip-wide
iMac (24-inch, M3, 2023) M3 2023 2,753 11,655 44,667–46,117chip-wide
iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) M1 2021 2,166 8,382 27,235–27,272chip-wide

Chips used by iMac

Apple M1Apple M3Apple M4

Benchmark context

Device averages come from the Geekbench 7 Mac and iOS charts captured 2026-09-02. “Chip-wide” uses the Metal processor chart when no device-level average is available.