iMac 27" (Late 2014) vs Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)

iMac 27" (Late 2014)
Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)
Base Price
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Base Price
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CPU
Core i5-4590
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
GPU
Radeon R9 M290
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory
8GB
Memory
16GB
Storage
128GB
Storage
1TB
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
Core i5-4590
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.3GHz Clock
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
GB6S 1,140
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GB6M 3,165
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GB6S 1,200
32%
GB6M 3,600
15%
Radeon R9 M290
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
975MHz
GeForce GTX 1060
1280 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1708MHz
N/A
0%
FP32 2 TFLOPS
4%
N/A
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FP32 4.37 TFLOPS
9%
8GB
DDR3-1600
16GB
DDR4-2400
24 Tabs
5%
56 Tabs
11%
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s Read
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
186 min 4K Video
5%
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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400 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Surface Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Surface Mouse
Not Included
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Not Included
Not Included
No Biometrics
Facial
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2
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 4.0
Bluetooth 4.1
No Sensors
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Z87
CM236
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4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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2x Thunderbolt 2 (20Gbps)
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4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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1x USB-C 3.1 (10Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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310W
235W
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No Battery
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OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Windows
Windows
macOS 11 Big Sur (Latest)
Windows 10 (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
439 mm (17.3 in)
Width
637 mm (25.1 in)
Depth
250 mm (9.8 in)
Volume
69.93 L
Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
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Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not 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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4x SO-DIMM
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