iMac 27 (Late 2013) vs iMac G5 20 (Late 2005)

iMac 27 (Late 2013) $1,799
iMac G5 20 (Late 2005) $1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
CPU
Core i5-4570
CPU
PowerPC 970FX 2.1GHz
GPU
GeForce GT 755M Mac
GPU
Radeon X600 XT
Memory
8GB
Memory
512MB
Storage
128GB
Storage
250GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
Display
20" LCD TN 1680x1050 -
Core i5-4570
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
PowerPC 970FX 2.1GHz
1 Core
1 Thread
2.1GHz Clock
GB6S 1,115
28%
GB6M 3,110
12%
N/A
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GeForce GT 755M Mac
384 Shaders
1085MHz
1GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
Radeon X600 XT
4 Shaders
500MHz
128MB DDR
11.8GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 0.83 TFLOPS
2%
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8GB
DDR3-1600
512MB
DDR-533
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s Read
250GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
186 min 4K Video
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430 min 4K Video
11%
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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400 Nits
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280 Nits
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60Hz
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
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
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g)
1 Stream
Up to 54Mbps
Bluetooth 4.0
Bluetooth 2.0
Infrared
56K Modem
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Integrated Chipset
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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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180W
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (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
472 mm (18.6 in)
Width
493 mm (19.4 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
43.76 L
Weight
9.525 kg (21 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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Memory Slots
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4x SO-DIMM
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A1419
EMC 2639
iMac14,2
A1145
EMC 2082
PowerMac12,1
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