iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)

iMac 24 (M3, Two Ports, Late 2023) $1,299
iMac 27 (Late 2009) $1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
CPU
M3 (8C8G)
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
GPU
8-Core M3
GPU
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
Memory
8GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
1TB
Display
23.5" LCD IPS 4480x2520 -
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
M3 (8C8G)
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
GB6S 3,140
77%
GB6M 11,890
45%
GB6S 370
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GB6M 620
2%
8-Core M3
1024 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
320 Shaders
680MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 2.86 TFLOPS
6%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.44 TFLOPS
1%
8GB
LPDDR5-6400
4GB
DDR3-1066
24 Tabs
5%
8 Tabs
2%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
1TB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
11%
1,930 min 4K Video
48%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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23.5"
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
LED Backlight
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LED Backlight
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Magic Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Magic Mouse
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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
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Integrated Chipset
X48
ICH9
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDHC Card
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External
365W
143W
15.90V
9.00A
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MagSafe iMac
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2.0M (7 ft) Cable
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No Battery
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macOS 14 Sonoma
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
4.43 kg (9.8 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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A2874
EMC 8207
Mac15,4
A1312
EMC 2309
iMac11,1
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