iMac 27 (Mid 2011) vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)

iMac 27 (Mid 2011) $1,699
iMac 20 (Early 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i5-2500S
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8135
GPU
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
4GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
320GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560×1440
Display
20" LCD TN 1680×1050

GB6 Single-Core

  • 72% faster vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)
  • 42% slower vs iMac 27 (Mid 2011)
iMac 27 (Mid 2011) - GB6S 575
x1.72
iMac 20 (Early 2009) - GB6S 335
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 2.87x faster vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)
  • 65% slower vs iMac 27 (Mid 2011)
iMac 27 (Mid 2011) - GB6M 1,650
x2.87
iMac 20 (Early 2009) - GB6M 575
x1

FP32

  • 18.51x faster vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)
  • 95% slower vs iMac 27 (Mid 2011)
iMac 27 (Mid 2011) - 648 GFLOPS FP32
x18.51
iMac 20 (Early 2009) - 35 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
Core i5-2500S
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo E8135
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
Core i5-2500S vs Core 2 Duo E8135 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
675MHz
512MB GDDR5
50.8GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
648 GFLOPS FP32
1%
35 GFLOPS FP32
0%
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM vs GeForce 9400M Full Specs Comparison
4GB
DDR3-1333
2GB
DDR3-1066
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
256GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
-
442 min 4K Video
11%
570 min 4K Video
14%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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
375 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
2560×1440
1680×1050
480p
480p
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
2
2
1
1
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 2.1
Z68
GeForce 9400M
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
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
2x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDXC Card
-
-
310W
200W
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Height
470 mm (18.5 in)
Width
485 mm (19.1 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
42.85 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
Weight
9.072 kg (20 lb)
CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
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
A1312
EMC 2429
iMac12,2
A1224
EMC 2266
iMac9,1
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