iMac 27 (Late 2009) vs iMac 24 (Early 2008)

iMac 27 (Late 2009) $1,699
iMac 24 (Early 2008) $1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8235
GPU
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
GPU
Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac MXM
Memory
4GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
320GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560×1440
Display
24" LCD TN 1920×1200

GB6 Single-Core

  • 4% faster vs iMac 24 (Early 2008)
  • 4% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)
iMac 27 (Late 2009) - GB6S 370
x1.04
iMac 24 (Early 2008) - GB6S 355
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 6% faster vs iMac 24 (Early 2008)
  • 6% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)
iMac 27 (Late 2009) - GB6M 620
x1.06
iMac 24 (Early 2008) - GB6M 585
x1

FP32

  • 3.02x faster vs iMac 24 (Early 2008)
  • 67% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)
iMac 27 (Late 2009) - 435.2 GFLOPS FP32
x3.02
iMac 24 (Early 2008) - 144 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo E8235
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.8GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E7600 vs Core 2 Duo E8235 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
320 Shaders
680MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac MXM
120 Shaders
600MHz
256MB GDDR3
21.9GB/s Bandwidth
435.2 GFLOPS FP32
1%
144 GFLOPS FP32
0%
Radeon HD 4670 Mac vs Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac MXM Full Specs Comparison
4GB
DDR3-1066
2GB
DDR2-800
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
1TB
3.5"
SATA 2
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
1,930 min 4K Video
48%
570 min 4K Video
14%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
27"
LCD IPS
24"
LCD TN
27"
24"
Area
311.5 in² (2009.7 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Area
258.9 in² (1670.2 cm²)
16:10 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
375 Nits
Brightness
400 Nits
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Resolution
2560×1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
Resolution
1920×1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
2560×1440
1920×1200
LED Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
CCFL Backlight
800:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
170° Horizontal
170° Vertical
Colour Depth
8-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
Coverage
100% sRGB
Coverage
100% sRGB
2560×1440
1920×1200
480p
480p
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
2
2
1
1
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
X48
ICH9
PM965
ICH8M
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
-
Data
3x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
1x FireWire 400
1x FireWire 800
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Video
-
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Video
1x mini-DVI
-
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDHC Card
-
-
365W
280W
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
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Height
521 mm (20.5 in)
Width
569 mm (22.4 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
60.95 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
Weight
11.521 kg (25.4 lb)
CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
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
Memory Slots
4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
2x SO-DIMM
A1312
EMC 2309
iMac11,1
A1225
EMC 2211
iMac8,1
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