iMac 27 (Mid 2017) vs iMac 17 (Late 2006)

iMac 27 (Mid 2017) $1,799
iMac 17 (Late 2006) $999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
CPU
Core i5-7500
CPU
Core 2 Duo T5600
GPU
Radeon Pro 570
GPU
GMA 950
Memory
8GB
Memory
512MB
Storage
128GB
Storage
160GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
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17" LCD TN 1440x900 -
Core i5-7500
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.4GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo T5600
2 Cores
2 Threads
1.83GHz Clock
GB6S 1,280
32%
GB6M 3,515
13%
GB6S 200
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GB6M 400
2%
Radeon Pro 570
2x 1792 Shaders
1105MHz
2x 4GB GDDR5
217.6GB/s Bandwidth
GMA 950
4 Shaders
400MHz
Shared Memory
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0%
FP32 7.92 TFLOPS
16%
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0%
8GB
DDR4-2133
512MB
DDR2-667
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
160GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
186 min 4K Video
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250 min 4K Video
6%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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60Hz
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
1440x900
1.3 Million Pixels
100 PPI
LED Backlight
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Magic Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Magic Mouse 2
Mighty Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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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 4.2
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Infrared
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945GMS
ICH7M
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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
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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310W
180W
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macOS 10.12 Sierra
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Windows
macOS 13 Ventura (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Latest)
Windows 7 (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
429 mm (16.9 in)
Width
427 mm (16.8 in)
Depth
173 mm (6.8 in)
Volume
31.64 L
Weight
9.435 kg (20.8 lb)
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7.031 kg (15.5 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
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
Memory Slots
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A1419
EMC 3070
iMac18,3
A1195
EMC 2124
iMac5,2
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