iMac 27 (Late 2009) vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)

iMac 27 (Late 2009) $1,699
iMac 27 (Late 2013) $1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
CPU
Core i5-4570
GPU
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
GPU
GeForce GT 755M Mac
Memory
4GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
128GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560×1440
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560×1440

GB6 Single-Core

  • 67% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)
  • 3.01x faster vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)
iMac 27 (Late 2009) - GB6S 370
x1
iMac 27 (Late 2013) - GB6S 1,115
x3.01

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 80% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)
  • 5.02x faster vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)
iMac 27 (Late 2009) - GB6M 620
x1
iMac 27 (Late 2013) - GB6M 3,110
x5.02

FP32

  • 48% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)
  • 91% faster vs iMac 27 (Late 2009)
iMac 27 (Late 2009) - 435.2 GFLOPS FP32
x1
iMac 27 (Late 2013) - 833 GFLOPS FP32
x1.91
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core i5-4570
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E7600 vs Core i5-4570 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
320 Shaders
680MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
GeForce GT 755M Mac
384 Shaders
1085MHz
1GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
435.2 GFLOPS FP32
1%
833 GFLOPS FP32
2%
Radeon HD 4670 Mac vs GeForce GT 755M Mac Full Specs Comparison
4GB
DDR3-1066
8GB
DDR3-1600
8 Tabs
2%
24 Tabs
5%
1TB
3.5"
SATA 2
-
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s
1,930 min 4K Video
48%
186 min 4K Video
5%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
No Optical Drive
27"
LCD IPS
27"
LCD IPS
27"
27"
Area
311.5 in² (2009.7 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Area
311.5 in² (2009.7 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
375 Nits
Brightness
400 Nits
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Resolution
2560×1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
Resolution
2560×1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
2560×1440
2560×1440
LED Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Colour Depth
8-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
Coverage
100% sRGB
Coverage
100% sRGB
-
-
-
Coating
Glossy Anti-Reflective
Fully Laminated
2560×1440
2560×1440
480p
720p
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Magic Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
2
2
1
2
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 4.0
X48
ICH9
Z87
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
-
Data
-
4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
2x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Video
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
-
-
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDHC Card
Card
1x SDXC Card
365W
310W
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (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
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not 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
4x SO-DIMM
A1312
EMC 2309
iMac11,1
A1419
EMC 2639
iMac14,2
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