iMac Pro (Late 2017) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2011)

iMac Pro (Late 2017) $4,999
iMac 21.5 (Late 2011) $999
Base Price (MSRP)
$4,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
CPU
Xeon W-2140B
CPU
Core i3-2100
GPU
Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU
Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
Memory
32GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
250GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
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Xeon W-2140B
8 Cores
16 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Core i3-2100
2 Cores
4 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
GB6S 1,335
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GB6M 7,660
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GB6S 465
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GB6M 940
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Radeon Pro Vega 56
3584 Shaders
1250MHz
8GB HBM2
402.4GB/s Bandwidth
Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
598MHz
256MB GDDR5
50.8GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 8.96 TFLOPS
18%
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FP32 0.57 TFLOPS
1%
32GB
DDR4-2666
2GB
DDR3-1333
120 Tabs
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Unknown # Tabs
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1TB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.5GB/s Read
250GB
3.5"
SATA 3
7200RPM
1,978 min 4K Video
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430 min 4K Video
11%
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
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Space Gray Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Space Gray Magic Mouse 2
Magic Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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4
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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 4.2
No Bluetooth
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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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500W
205W
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macOS 10.13 High Sierra
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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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
451 mm (17.8 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
44.89 L
Weight
9.752 kg (21.5 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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4x SO-DIMM
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A1862
EMC 3144
iMacPro1,1
A1311
EMC 2496
iMac12,1
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