iMac 27 (Mid 2011) vs iMac 24 (Late 2006)

iMac 27 (Mid 2011) $1,699
iMac 24 (Late 2006) $1,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,999
CPU
Core i5-2500S
CPU
Core 2 Duo T7400
GPU
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
GPU
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
Memory
4GB
Memory
1GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
250GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
Display
24" LCD TN 1920x1200 -
Core i5-2500S
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo T7400
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.16GHz Clock
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
675MHz
512MB GDDR5
50.8GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
8 Shaders
350MHz
128MB GDDR3
16GB/s Bandwidth
FP32 0.65 TFLOPS
1%
N/A
0%
4GB
DDR3-1333
1GB
DDR2-667
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
256GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
250GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
11%
430 min 4K Video
11%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
27"
LCD IPS
24"
LCD TN
375 Nits
400 Nits
60Hz
60Hz
2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1920x1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
LED Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
CCFL Backlight
800:1 Contrast
480p
480p
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
Not Included
Apple Remote
2
2
1
1
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 144Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 2.0
Z68
945PM
ICH7M
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
-
2x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps)
Data
3x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
1x FireWire 400
1x FireWire 800
-
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
-
Video
1x mini-DVI
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDXC Card
-
-
310W
220W
Not Included
Not Included
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Plastic
Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Height
523 mm (20.6 in)
Width
574 mm (22.6 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
61.80 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
Weight
11.204 kg (24.7 lb)
CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
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
Memory Slots
4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
2x SO-DIMM
A1312
EMC 2429
iMac12,2
A1200
EMC 2111
iMac6,1
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