Apple’s new M1 iMac might just be the perfect computer…just not for me. The M1 is Apple’s latest entry in it’s M1 processor lineup. While the new iMac is fast, thin and beautiful, it still is lagging behind the current 27” iMac with 10th-generation Comet Lake Intel chip in multi-core performance.

The ‌M1‌ ‌iMac‌'s single-core performance is 38 percent faster, but the Intel ‌iMac‌'s multi-core performance is 25 percent faster.

With these scores, the ‌M1‌ ‌iMac‌ is not going to be able to replace the high-end 27-inch ‌iMac‌ because it lags behind in multi-core performance, but Apple is working on higher-end Apple silicon chips for desktop machines and we'll likely see an even more powerful Apple-designed chip introduced when Apple is ready to replace the 27-inch ‌iMac‌ with a new model.

The ‌M1‌ ‌iMac‌ does outperform lower-end 27-inch ‌iMac‌ models with Intel chips, beating the 6-core Intel models in both single and multi-core performance.

Considering that Apple has now introduced an M1 MacBook Air and Pro, this new M1 iMac certainly looks and feels like the consumer version of the iMac that will most likely see a Pro model coming soon. We would expect the Pro version to include faster processor, larger and better screen, more ports and better camera.