iMac 21.5 (Late 2011) vs iMac 27 (Late 2014)
iMac 21.5
(Late 2011)
$999
iMac 27
(Late 2014)
$1,999
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Base Price (MSRP)
$999
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Base Price (MSRP)
$1,999
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CPU
Core i3-2100
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CPU
Core i5-4590
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GPU
Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
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GPU
Radeon R9 M290
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Memory
2GB
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Memory
8GB
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Storage
250GB
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Storage
128GB
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Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920x1080 -
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Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
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GB6S 1,140
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GB6M 3,165
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FP32 0.57 TFLOPS
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FP32 2 TFLOPS
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2GB
DDR3-1333
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8GB
DDR3-1600
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Unknown # Tabs
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24 Tabs
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250GB
3.5"
SATA 3
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s Read
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430 min 4K Video
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186 min 4K Video
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8x SuperDrive DL
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No Optical Drive
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21.5"
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60Hz
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1920x1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
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LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
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LED Backlight
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Magic Mouse
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No Biometrics
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Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
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Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
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No Bluetooth
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Network
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Audio
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Audio
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
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OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Windows
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macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
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macOS 11 Big Sur (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Height
451 mm (17.8 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
44.89 L
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Height
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
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Weight
9.299 kg (20.5 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
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CPU
Upgradable
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GPU
Not Upgradable
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GPU
Not Upgradable
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Memory
Upgradable
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Memory
Upgradable
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Storage
Upgradable
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Storage
Upgradable
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Wi-Fi
Upgradable
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Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
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Motherboard
Not Upgradable
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Motherboard
Not Upgradable
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Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Power Supply
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Memory Slots
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4x SO-DIMM
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Memory Slots
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A1311
EMC 2496
iMac12,1
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A1419
EMC 2806
iMac15,1
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