iMac 21.5 (Late 2012) vs iMac 24 (Late 2006)

iMac 21.5 (Late 2012) $1,299
iMac 24 (Late 2006) $1,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,999
CPU
Core i5-3330S
CPU
Core 2 Duo T7400
GPU
GeForce GT 640M Mac
GPU
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
Memory
8GB
Memory
1GB
Storage
128GB
Storage
250GB
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920x1080 -
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24" LCD TN 1920x1200 -
Core i5-3330S
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo T7400
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.16GHz Clock
GB6S 540
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GB6M 1,600
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GB6S 235
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GB6M 370
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GeForce GT 640M Mac
384 Shaders
625MHz
512MB GDDR5
64GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
8 Shaders
350MHz
128MB GDDR3
16GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 0.48 TFLOPS
1%
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N/A
0%
8GB
DDR3-1600
1GB
DDR2-667
24 Tabs
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Unknown # Tabs
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 7+17 Pin
SATA 3
Up to 520MB/s Read
250GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
186 min 4K Video
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430 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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60Hz
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1920x1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
1920x1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
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Magic Mouse
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Apple Remote
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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2
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 144Mbps
Bluetooth 4.0
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945PM
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1x FireWire 400
1x FireWire 800
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Network
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
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Card
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220W
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Windows
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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Height
450 mm (17.7 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
175 mm (6.9 in)
Volume
41.63 L
Height
523 mm (20.6 in)
Width
574 mm (22.6 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
61.80 L
Weight
5.67 kg (12.5 lb)
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11.204 kg (24.7 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
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A1418
EMC 2544
iMac13,1
A1200
EMC 2111
iMac6,1
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