iMac 27 (Late 2013) vs iMac 20 (Early 2010)

iMac 27 (Late 2013) $1,799
iMac 20 (Early 2010) $899
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$899
CPU
Core i5-4570
CPU
Core 2 Duo P7350
GPU
GeForce GT 755M Mac
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
8GB
Memory
1GB
Storage
128GB
Storage
160GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560×1440
Display
20" LCD TN 1680×1050

GB6 Single-Core

  • 4.65x faster vs iMac 20 (Early 2010)
  • 78% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)
iMac 27 (Late 2013) - GB6S 1,115
x4.65
iMac 20 (Early 2010) - GB6S 240
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 7.97x faster vs iMac 20 (Early 2010)
  • 87% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)
iMac 27 (Late 2013) - GB6M 3,110
x7.97
iMac 20 (Early 2010) - GB6M 390
x1

FP32

  • 23.8x faster vs iMac 20 (Early 2010)
  • 96% slower vs iMac 27 (Late 2013)
iMac 27 (Late 2013) - 833 GFLOPS FP32
x23.8
iMac 20 (Early 2010) - 35 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
Core i5-4570
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo P7350
2 Cores
2 Threads
2GHz Clock
Core i5-4570 vs Core 2 Duo P7350 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
GeForce GT 755M Mac
384 Shaders
1085MHz
1GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
833 GFLOPS FP32
2%
35 GFLOPS FP32
0%
GeForce GT 755M Mac vs GeForce 9400M Full Specs Comparison
8GB
DDR3-1600
1GB
DDR3-1066
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s
160GB
3.5"
SATA 2
-
186 min 4K Video
5%
250 min 4K Video
6%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
27"
LCD IPS
20"
LCD TN
27"
20"
Area
311.5 in² (2009.7 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Area
179.8 in² (1159.8 cm²)
16:10 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
400 Nits
Brightness
290 Nits
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Resolution
2560×1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
Resolution
1680×1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
2560×1440
1680×1050
LED Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
CCFL Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
160° Horizontal
160° Vertical
Colour Depth
8-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
Coverage
100% sRGB
Coverage
100% sRGB
Coating
Glossy Anti-Reflective
Fully Laminated
-
-
-
2560×1440
1680×1050
720p
480p
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
2
2
2
1
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 4.0
No Bluetooth
Z87
GeForce 9400M
Data
-
4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
-
2x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps)
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
1x FireWire 800
-
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
-
Video
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDXC Card
-
-
310W
200W
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
Height
470 mm (18.5 in)
Width
485 mm (19.1 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
42.85 L
Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
Weight
9.072 kg (20 lb)
CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not 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
Memory Slots
4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
2x SO-DIMM
A1419
EMC 2639
iMac14,2
A1224
EMC 2316
iMac9,1
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