iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) vs iMac 24 (Early 2009)

iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) $1,299
iMac 24 (Early 2009) $1,499
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,499
CPU
M3 (8C8G)
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8335
GPU
8-Core M3
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
8GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
640GB
Display
23.5" LCD IPS 4480×2520
Display
24" LCD TN 1920×1200

GB6 Single-Core

  • 8.49x faster vs iMac 24 (Early 2009)
  • 88% slower vs iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023)
iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) - GB6S 3,140
x8.49
iMac 24 (Early 2009) - GB6S 370
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 19.65x faster vs iMac 24 (Early 2009)
  • 95% slower vs iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023)
iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) - GB6M 11,890
x19.65
iMac 24 (Early 2009) - GB6M 605
x1

FP32

  • 81.71x faster vs iMac 24 (Early 2009)
  • 99% slower vs iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023)
iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) - 2.86 TFLOPS FP32
x81.71
iMac 24 (Early 2009) - 35 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
M3 (8C8G)
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo E8335
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.66GHz Clock
M3 (8C8G) vs Core 2 Duo E8335 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
8-Core M3
1024 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
2.86 TFLOPS FP32
6%
35 GFLOPS FP32
0%
8-Core M3 vs GeForce 9400M Full Specs Comparison
8GB
LPDDR5-6400
4GB
DDR3-1066
24 Tabs
5%
8 Tabs
2%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
640GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
11%
1,210 min 4K Video
30%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
23.5"
LCD IPS
24"
LCD TN
23.5"
24"
Area
236 in² (1522.4 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Area
258.9 in² (1670.2 cm²)
16:10 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
500 Nits
Brightness
400 Nits
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Response Time
29ms GtG
-
-
Resolution
4480×2520
11.3 Million Pixels
219 PPI
Resolution
1920×1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
4480×2520
1920×1200
LED Backlight
1,400:1 Contrast
CCFL Backlight
800:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
170° Horizontal
170° Vertical
Colour Depth
10-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
Coverage
100% sRGB
99% DCI-P3
88% Adobe RGB
Coverage
100% sRGB
-
-
Accuracy
dE 1.1 Avg
dE 2.0 Max
dE 1.50 Greyscale
2.16 Gamma
6730K
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coating
Glossy Anti-Reflective
Fully Laminated
-
-
-
4480×2520
1920×1200
1080p
480p
Magic Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
6
2
3
1
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 2.1
Integrated Chipset
GeForce 9400M
Data
-
2x USB 4 (40Gbps)
-
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
1x FireWire 800
-
-
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
-
Video
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
External
280W
143W
15.90V
9.00A
Not Included
-
-
MagSafe iMac
2.0M (7 ft) Cable
-
-
macOS 14 Sonoma
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
461 mm (18.1 in)
Width
547 mm (21.5 in)
Depth
147 mm (5.8 in)
Volume
37.07 L
Height
521 mm (20.5 in)
Width
569 mm (22.4 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
60.95 L
Weight
4.43 kg (9.8 lb)
Weight
11.521 kg (25.4 lb)
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
2x SO-DIMM
A2874
EMC 8207
Mac15,4
A1225
EMC 2267
iMac9,1
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