Expected iMac performance compared to old Mac Pro

I have a Mac Pro I got in January 2008, it has two quad-core CPUs - Xeon 5365  3GHz and 8GB or RAM.  It won't let me upgrade to OSX 10.8 and I have more and more software I want to use that's requires 10.8.  I have 10.7.5 installed now.  I'm thinking of getting a new iMac.  The new Mac Pros are too expensive.  My current Mac Pro doesn't perform very well when I edit video with iMovie.  I'm wondering if a new iMac will have significant better performance then my old Mac Pro.  I'm thinking of getting 27" iMac with 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5 with 8 GB or RAM.  Will I see a noticable improvement in performance with iMovie?

Hi Scott,
I think you want the i7 for your work.
I don't have figures for the 2013s, but for a rough idea...
Mac Pro "Quad Core" 2.8 (2008)... Geekbench: 5669/6498
Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.8 (2008)... Geekbench: 9162/10564
iMac "Core i5" 2.7 21.5-Inch (Late 2012)... Geekbench: 8068/9145
iMac "Core i5" 2.9 21.5-Inch (Late 2012)... Geekbench: 9202/10756
Mac mini "Core i7" 2.3 (Late 2012)... Geekbench: 10626/11825
Mac mini "Core i7" 2.6 (Late 2012)... Geekbench: 11367/12807
iMac "Core i7" 3.1 21.5-Inch (Late 2012)... Geekbench: 12490/14143
iMac "Core i7" 3.4 27-Inch (Late 2012)... Geekbench: 12857/13772

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