iMac 21.5 (Late 2012) vs iMac G5 20 (Late 2004)

iMac 21.5 (Late 2012) $1,299
iMac G5 20 (Late 2004) $1,899
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,899
CPU
Core i5-3330S
CPU
PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz
GPU
GeForce GT 640M Mac
GPU
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
Memory
8GB
Memory
256MB
Storage
128GB
Storage
80GB
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920x1080 -
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20" LCD TN 1680x1050 -
Core i5-3330S
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz
1 Core
1 Thread
1.8GHz Clock
GB6S 540
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GB6M 1,600
6%
N/A
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GeForce GT 640M Mac
384 Shaders
625MHz
512MB GDDR5
64GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
4 Shaders
325MHz
128MB DDR
10.4GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 0.48 TFLOPS
1%
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8GB
DDR3-1600
256MB
DDR-400
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
80GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
186 min 4K Video
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90 min 4K Video
2%
No Optical Drive
4x SuperDrive
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
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Apple Mouse
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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
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4.0
Bluetooth 1.1
56K Modem
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Integrated Chipset
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
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185W
180W
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (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
472 mm (18.6 in)
Width
493 mm (19.4 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
43.76 L
Weight
5.67 kg (12.5 lb)
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11.431 kg (25.2 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
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
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A1418
EMC 2544
iMac13,1
A1076
EMC 2008
PowerMac8,1
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