iMac 27 (Late 2015) vs iMac G3 (Early 1999)

iMac 27 (Late 2015) $1,799
iMac G3 (Early 1999) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i5-6500
CPU
PowerPC 750 266MHz
GPU
Radeon R9 M380
GPU
Rage Pro
Memory
8GB
Memory
32MB
Storage
128GB
Storage
4GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
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13.8" CRT 1024x768 -
Core i5-6500
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
PowerPC 750 266MHz
1 Core
1 Thread
0.266GHz Clock
GB6S 1,200
30%
GB6M 3,260
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Radeon R9 M380
640 Shaders
900MHz
4GB GDDR5
96GB/s Bandwidth
Rage Pro
1 Shader
75MHz
6MB SGRAM
0.6GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 1.15 TFLOPS
2%
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8GB
DDR3-1866
32MB
SDR-66
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.3GB/s Read
4GB
3.5"
PATA
5400RPM
186 min 4K Video
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Unknown # min 4K Video
0%
No Optical Drive
24x CD-ROM
Tray Loading
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27"
LCD IPS
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CRT
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60Hz
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
1024x768
0.8 Million Pixels
93 PPI
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Magic Keyboard
Apple USB Keyboard
Magic Mouse 2
Apple USB Mouse
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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
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4.0
No Bluetooth
56K Modem
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Integrated Chipset
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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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310W
80W
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No Battery
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OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Windows
Mac OS 8.5 Allegro
macOS 12 Monterey (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
401 mm (15.8 in)
Width
386 mm (15.2 in)
Depth
447 mm (17.6 in)
Volume
69.27 L
Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
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18.144 kg (40 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
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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A1419
EMC 2834
iMac17,1
M4984
iMac,1
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