iMac 24 (M3, Four Ports, Late 2023) vs Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)

iMac 24 (M3, Four Ports, Late 2023) $1,499
Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) $3,500
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,499
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,500
CPU
M3 (8C10G)
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
GPU
10-Core M3
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory
8GB
Memory
16GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
1TB
Display
23.5" LCD IPS 4480x2520 -
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
M3 (8C10G)
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
GB6S 3,140
77%
GB6M 11,890
45%
GB6S 1,200
30%
GB6M 3,600
13%
10-Core M3
1280 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GeForce GTX 1060
1280 Shaders
1708MHz
6GB GDDR5
192GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 3.58 TFLOPS
7%
N/A
0%
FP32 4.37 TFLOPS
9%
8GB
LPDDR5-6400
16GB
DDR4-2400
24 Tabs
5%
56 Tabs
11%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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23.5"
LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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500 Nits
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450 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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4480x2520
11.3 Million Pixels
219 PPI
4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,400:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
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Touch
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Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
Surface Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Surface Mouse
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Fingerprint
Facial
6
3
3
2
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 4.1
No Sensors
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Integrated Chipset
CM236
Data
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2x USB 4 (40Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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External
235W
143W
15.90V
9.00A
Not Included
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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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No Battery
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macOS 14 Sonoma
Windows
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
439 mm (17.3 in)
Width
637 mm (25.1 in)
Depth
250 mm (9.8 in)
Volume
69.93 L
Weight
4.48 kg (9.9 lb)
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Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not 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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A2873
EMC 8206
Mac15,5
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Change Comparison