iMac 27 (Late 2013) vs iMac 24 (Early 2008)

iMac 27 (Late 2013) $1,799
iMac 24 (Early 2008) $1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
CPU
Core i5-4570
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8235
GPU
GeForce GT 755M Mac
GPU
Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac MXM
Memory
8GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
128GB
Storage
320GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
Display
24" LCD TN 1920x1200 -
Core i5-4570
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E8235
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.8GHz Clock
GB6S 1,115
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GB6M 3,110
12%
GB6S 355
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GB6M 585
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GeForce GT 755M Mac
384 Shaders
1085MHz
1GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac MXM
120 Shaders
600MHz
256MB GDDR3
21.9GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 0.83 TFLOPS
2%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.14 TFLOPS
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8GB
DDR3-1600
2GB
DDR2-800
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s Read
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
186 min 4K Video
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570 min 4K Video
14%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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60Hz
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1920x1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
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Apple Remote
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Not Included
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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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
Bluetooth 2.1
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PM965
ICH8M
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1x FireWire 400
1x FireWire 800
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Network
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
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Card
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280W
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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
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Aluminum
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Height
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
Height
521 mm (20.5 in)
Width
569 mm (22.4 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
60.95 L
Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
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11.521 kg (25.4 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not 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
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Memory Slots
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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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A1419
EMC 2639
iMac14,2
A1225
EMC 2211
iMac8,1
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