iMac 27 (Mid 2017) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2013)

iMac 27 (Mid 2017) $1,799
iMac 21.5 (Late 2013) $1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
CPU
Core i5-7500
CPU
Core i5-4570R
GPU
Radeon Pro 570
GPU
Iris Pro 5200 1150MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
128GB
Storage
128GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120×2880
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920×1080
CPU Image
Core i5-7500
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.4GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core i5-4570R
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
Core i5-7500 vs Core i5-4570R Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
Radeon Pro 570
1792 Shaders
1105MHz
4GB GDDR5
217.6GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
Iris Pro 5200 1150MHz
320 Shaders
1150MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
3.96 TFLOPS FP32
8%
N/A
0%
736 GFLOPS FP32
1%
Radeon Pro 570 vs Iris Pro 5200 1150MHz Full Specs Comparison
8GB
DDR4-2133
8GB
DDR3-1600
24 Tabs
5%
24 Tabs
5%
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s
186 min 4K Video
5%
186 min 4K Video
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No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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27"
LCD IPS
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21.5"
LCD IPS
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Area
311.5 in² (2009.7 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Area
197.5 in² (1274.3 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
500 Nits
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350 Nits
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Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Response Time
27ms GtG
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Flicker
23000Hz
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Resolution
5120×2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
Resolution
1920×1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Colour Depth
10-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
Coverage
100% sRGB
99% DCI-P3
88% Adobe RGB
Coverage
100% sRGB
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dE 1.4 Avg
dE 2.6 Max
dE 2.20 Greyscale
2.32 Gamma
6830K
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Glossy Anti-Reflective
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Coating
Glossy Anti-Reflective
Fully Laminated
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Magic Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse 2
Magic Mouse
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Bluetooth 4.2
Bluetooth 4.0
No Sensors
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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310W
185W
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macOS 10.12 Sierra
Windows
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
macOS 13 Ventura (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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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
450 mm (17.7 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
175 mm (6.9 in)
Volume
41.63 L
Weight
9.435 kg (20.8 lb)
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Weight
5.67 kg (12.5 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
A1418
EMC 2638
EMC 2742
iMac14,1
iMac14,3
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