iMac 27 (Mid 2020) vs iMac G5 17 (Late 2005)

iMac 27 (Mid 2020) $1,799
iMac G5 17 (Late 2005) $1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
CPU
Core i5-10500
CPU
PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz
GPU
Radeon Pro 5300
GPU
Radeon X600 Pro
Memory
8GB
Memory
512MB
Storage
256GB
Storage
160GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
Display
17" LCD TN 1440x900 -
Core i5-10500
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz
1 Core
1 Thread
1.9GHz Clock
GB6S 1,525
38%
GB6M 5,485
21%
N/A
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N/A
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Radeon Pro 5300
1280 Shaders
1650MHz
4GB GDDR6
224GB/s Bandwidth
Radeon X600 Pro
4 Shaders
400MHz
128MB DDR
9.6GB/s Bandwidth
1080p 42 FPS
35%
FP32 4.22 TFLOPS
8%
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8GB
DDR4-2666
512MB
DDR2-533
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
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256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.8GB/s Read
160GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
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250 min 4K Video
6%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
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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
Mighty Mouse
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Apple Remote
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Not Included
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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3
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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 5.0
Bluetooth 2.0
Infrared
56K Modem
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Z370
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
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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303W
180W
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macOS 10.15 Catalina
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
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
429 mm (16.9 in)
Width
427 mm (16.8 in)
Depth
68 mm (2.7 in)
Volume
12.46 L
Weight
8.936 kg (19.7 lb)
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7.031 kg (15.5 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
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A2115
EMC 3442
iMac20,1
A1144
EMC 2081
PowerMac12,1
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