iMac 27 (Late 2009) vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)

iMac 27 (Late 2009) $1,699
iMac 20 (Early 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8135
GPU
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
4GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
320GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
Display
20" LCD TN 1680x1050 -
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E8135
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 370
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GB6M 620
2%
GB6S 335
8%
GB6M 575
2%
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
320 Shaders
680MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
FP32 0.44 TFLOPS
1%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.04 TFLOPS
0%
4GB
DDR3-1066
2GB
DDR3-1066
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
1TB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
1,930 min 4K Video
48%
570 min 4K Video
14%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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375 Nits
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290 Nits
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60Hz
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
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Not Included
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 2.1
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ICH9
GeForce 9400M
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1x FireWire 800
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Network
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Network
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDHC Card
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365W
200W
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No Battery
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Height
470 mm (18.5 in)
Width
485 mm (19.1 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
42.85 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
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9.072 kg (20 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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A1312
EMC 2309
iMac11,1
A1224
EMC 2266
iMac9,1
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