iMac 27 (Mid 2020) vs iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010)

iMac 27 (Mid 2020) $1,799
iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i5-10500
CPU
Core i3-540
GPU
Radeon Pro 5300
GPU
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
Memory
8GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
500GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120×2880
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920×1080

GB6 Single-Core

  • 3.72x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010)
  • 73% slower vs iMac 27 (Mid 2020)
iMac 27 (Mid 2020) - GB6S 1,525
x3.72
iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010) - GB6S 410
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 6.61x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010)
  • 85% slower vs iMac 27 (Mid 2020)
iMac 27 (Mid 2020) - GB6M 5,485
x6.61
iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010) - GB6M 830
x1

FP32

  • 9.7x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010)
  • 90% slower vs iMac 27 (Mid 2020)
iMac 27 (Mid 2020) - 4.22 TFLOPS FP32
x9.7
iMac 21.5 (Mid 2010) - 435.2 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
Core i5-10500
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core i3-540
2 Cores
4 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
Core i5-10500 vs Core i3-540 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
Radeon Pro 5300
1280 Shaders
1650MHz
4GB GDDR6
224GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
Radeon HD 4670 Mac
320 Shaders
680MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
42 FPS 1080p
35%
4.22 TFLOPS FP32
8%
N/A
0%
435.2 GFLOPS FP32
1%
Radeon Pro 5300 vs Radeon HD 4670 Mac Full Specs Comparison
8GB
DDR4-2666
4GB
DDR3-1333
24 Tabs
5%
8 Tabs
2%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.8GB/s Read
500GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
11%
930 min 4K Video
23%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
27"
LCD IPS
21.5"
LCD IPS
27"
21.5"
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
Brightness
300 Nits
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Response Time
27ms GtG
-
-
Flicker
23000Hz
-
-
Resolution
5120×2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
Resolution
1920×1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
5120×2880
1920×1080
LED Backlight
1,100:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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
-
-
Accuracy
dE 1.4 Avg
dE 2.6 Max
dE 2.20 Greyscale
2.32 Gamma
6830K
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coating
Glossy Anti-Reflective
Fully Laminated
-
-
-
5120×2880
1920×1080
1080p
480p
Magic Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse 2
Magic Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
2
2
3
1
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
Bluetooth 2.1
Z370
X48
ICH9
Data
-
4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
2x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
-
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
-
Video
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
Card
1x SDXC Card
303W
205W
macOS 10.15 Catalina
Windows
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Windows 10 (Latest)
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
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)
Weight
9.299 kg (20.5 lb)
CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
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
Memory Slots
4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
4x SO-DIMM
A2115
EMC 3442
iMac20,1
A1311
EMC 2389
iMac11,2
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