iMac 24 (M1, Four Ports, Mid 2021) vs iMac 27 (Mid 2011)

iMac 24 (M1, Four Ports, Mid 2021) $1,499
iMac 27 (Mid 2011) $1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,499
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
CPU
M1 (8C8G)
CPU
Core i5-2500S
GPU
8-Core M1
GPU
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
Memory
8GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
256GB
Display
23.5" LCD IPS 4480x2520 -
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
M1 (8C8G)
8 Cores
8 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Core i5-2500S
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
GB6S 2,380
59%
GB6M 8,615
32%
GB6S 575
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GB6M 1,650
6%
8-Core M1
1024 Shaders
1278MHz
Shared Memory
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
675MHz
512MB GDDR5
50.8GB/s Bandwidth
1080p 21 FPS
18%
FP32 2.62 TFLOPS
5%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.65 TFLOPS
1%
8GB
LPDDR4X-4266
4GB
DDR3-1333
24 Tabs
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8 Tabs
2%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.7GB/s Read
256GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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60Hz
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4480x2520
11.3 Million Pixels
219 PPI
2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
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Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Magic Mouse
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Not Included
Fingerprint
No Biometrics
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2
3
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0
Bluetooth 2.1
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Z68
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
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External
310W
143W
15.90V
9.00A
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MagSafe iMac
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Ethernet 1G
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2.0M (7 ft) Cable
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No Battery
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macOS 11 Big Sur
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Height
461 mm (18.1 in)
Width
547 mm (21.5 in)
Depth
147 mm (5.8 in)
Volume
37.07 L
Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Weight
4.481 kg (9.9 lb)
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13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Memory Slots
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A2438
EMC 3663
iMac21,1
A1312
EMC 2429
iMac12,2
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