iMac 27 (Late 2013) vs iMac G3 (Late 1999)

iMac 27 (Late 2013) $1,799
iMac G3 (Late 1999) $999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
CPU
Core i5-4570
CPU
PowerPC 750L 350MHz
GPU
GeForce GT 755M Mac
GPU
Rage 128 VR
Memory
8GB
Memory
64MB
Storage
128GB
Storage
6GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
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Core i5-4570
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
PowerPC 750L 350MHz
1 Core
1 Thread
0.35GHz Clock
GB6S 1,115
28%
GB6M 3,110
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N/A
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GeForce GT 755M Mac
384 Shaders
1085MHz
1GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
Rage 128 VR
2 Shaders
80MHz
8MB SDR
1GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 0.83 TFLOPS
2%
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8GB
DDR3-1600
64MB
SDR-100
24 Tabs
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Unknown # Tabs
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s Read
6GB
3.5"
PATA
5400RPM
186 min 4K Video
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Unknown # min 4K Video
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No Optical Drive
24x CD-ROM
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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CRT
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1024x768
0.8 Million Pixels
93 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple USB Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Apple USB Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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2
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No Cellular
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Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4.0
No Bluetooth
56K Modem
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2x FireWire 400
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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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150W
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
Mac OS 8.6 Veronica
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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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
381 mm (15 in)
Width
381 mm (15 in)
Depth
434 mm (17.1 in)
Volume
63.05 L
Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
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15.74 kg (34.7 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Not 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
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4x SO-DIMM
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A1419
EMC 2639
iMac14,2
M5521
EMC 1821
PowerMac2,1
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