iMac 27 (Mid 2020) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2011)

iMac 27 (Mid 2020) $1,799
iMac 21.5 (Late 2011) $999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
CPU
Core i5-10500
CPU
Core i3-2100
GPU
Radeon Pro 5300
GPU
Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
Memory
8GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
250GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
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Core i5-10500
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
Core i3-2100
2 Cores
4 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
GB6S 1,525
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GB6M 5,485
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GB6S 465
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GB6M 940
4%
Radeon Pro 5300
1280 Shaders
1650MHz
4GB GDDR6
224GB/s Bandwidth
Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
598MHz
256MB GDDR5
50.8GB/s Bandwidth
1080p 42 FPS
35%
FP32 4.22 TFLOPS
8%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.57 TFLOPS
1%
8GB
DDR4-2666
2GB
DDR3-1333
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.8GB/s Read
250GB
3.5"
SATA 3
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
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430 min 4K Video
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No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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60Hz
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
1920x1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
LED Backlight
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Magic Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse 2
Magic 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 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0
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Z68
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Audio
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Audio
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Card
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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205W
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macOS 10.15 Catalina
Windows
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
Windows 10 (Latest)
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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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
451 mm (17.8 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
44.89 L
Weight
8.936 kg (19.7 lb)
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9.299 kg (20.5 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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A2115
EMC 3442
iMac20,1
A1311
EMC 2496
iMac12,1
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