iMac 27 (Late 2009) vs iMac G5 20 (Late 2004)

iMac 27 (Late 2009) $1,699
iMac G5 20 (Late 2004) $1,899
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,899
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
CPU
PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz
GPU
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
GPU
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
Memory
4GB
Memory
256MB
Storage
1TB
Storage
80GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
Display
20" LCD TN 1680x1050 -
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz
1 Core
1 Thread
1.8GHz Clock
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Radeon HD 4670 Mac
320 Shaders
680MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
4 Shaders
325MHz
128MB DDR
10.4GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 0.44 TFLOPS
1%
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4GB
DDR3-1066
256MB
DDR-400
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
1TB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
80GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
1,930 min 4K Video
48%
90 min 4K Video
2%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
4x SuperDrive
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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375 Nits
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280 Nits
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Apple Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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2
1
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 1.1
56K Modem
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X48
ICH9
Integrated Chipset
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2x FireWire 400
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Network
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Network
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Audio
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Card
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365W
180W
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No Battery
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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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
472 mm (18.6 in)
Width
493 mm (19.4 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
43.76 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
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11.431 kg (25.2 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Not 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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Memory Slots
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4x SO-DIMM
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A1312
EMC 2309
iMac11,1
A1076
EMC 2008
PowerMac8,1
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