iMac 27 (Mid 2017) vs iMac G4 17 (Late 2003)

iMac 27 (Mid 2017) $1,799
iMac G4 17 (Late 2003) $1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
CPU
Core i5-7500
CPU
PowerPC 7455 1250MHz
GPU
Radeon Pro 570
GPU
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
Memory
8GB
Memory
256MB
Storage
128GB
Storage
80GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
Display
17" LCD TN 1440x900 -
Core i5-7500
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.4GHz Clock
PowerPC 7455 1250MHz
1 Core
1 Thread
1.25GHz Clock
GB6S 1,280
32%
GB6M 3,515
13%
N/A
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Radeon Pro 570
2x 1792 Shaders
1105MHz
2x 4GB GDDR5
217.6GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
4 Shaders
325MHz
128MB DDR
10.4GB/s Bandwidth
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0%
FP32 7.92 TFLOPS
16%
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8GB
DDR4-2133
256MB
DDR-333
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
80GB
3.5"
PATA
7200RPM
186 min 4K Video
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90 min 4K Video
2%
No Optical Drive
4x SuperDrive
Tray Loading
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27"
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
Apple 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 4.2
Bluetooth 1.1
56K Modem
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Integrated Chipset
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Network
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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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160W
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macOS 10.12 Sierra
Windows
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
macOS 13 Ventura (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (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
508 mm (20 in)
Width
450 mm (17.7 in)
Depth
424 mm (16.7 in)
Volume
96.88 L
Weight
9.435 kg (20.8 lb)
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10.342 kg (22.8 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
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 3070
iMac18,3
M6498
EMC 1991
PowerMac6,3
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