iMac 27 (Early 2019) vs iMac 24 (Late 2006)

iMac 27 (Early 2019) $1,799
iMac 24 (Late 2006) $1,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,999
CPU
Core i5-8500
CPU
Core 2 Duo T7400
GPU
Radeon Pro 570X
GPU
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
Memory
8GB
Memory
1GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
250GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
Display
24" LCD TN 1920x1200 -
Core i5-8500
6 Cores
6 Threads
3GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo T7400
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.16GHz Clock
GB6S 1,395
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GB6M 4,865
18%
GB6S 235
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GB6M 370
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Radeon Pro 570X
2x 1792 Shaders
1105MHz
2x 4GB GDDR5
217.6GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
8 Shaders
350MHz
128MB GDDR3
16GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 7.92 TFLOPS
16%
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0%
N/A
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8GB
DDR4-2666
1GB
DDR2-667
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.8GB/s Read
250GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
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430 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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60Hz
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
1920x1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
LED Backlight
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Magic Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Magic Mouse 2
Mighty Mouse
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Apple Remote
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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3
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 144Mbps
Bluetooth 4.2
Bluetooth 2.0
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945PM
ICH7M
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1x FireWire 400
1x FireWire 800
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Network
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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220W
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macOS 10.14 Mojave
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Windows
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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Height
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
Height
523 mm (20.6 in)
Width
574 mm (22.6 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
61.80 L
Weight
9.435 kg (20.8 lb)
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11.204 kg (24.7 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not 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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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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A2115
EMC 3194
iMac19,1
A1200
EMC 2111
iMac6,1
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