iMac 27" (Mid 2011) vs iMac 20" (Early 2009)

iMac 27" (Mid 2011)
iMac 20" (Early 2009)
Base Price
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CPU
Core i5-2500S
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8135
GPU
Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
4GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
320GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
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Core i5-2500S
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.7GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E8135
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 575
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GB6M 1,650
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GB6S 335
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GB6M 575
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Radeon HD 6770M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
512MB GDDR5
675MHz
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
Shared Memory
450MHz
N/A
0%
FP32 0.65 TFLOPS
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FP32 0.04 TFLOPS
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4GB
DDR3-1333
2GB
DDR3-1066
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
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256GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
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570 min 4K Video
14%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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375 Nits
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60Hz
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 2.1
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Z68
GeForce 9400M
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1x FireWire 800
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Network
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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310W
200W
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No Battery
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No Battery
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Height
470 mm (18.5 in)
Width
485 mm (19.1 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
42.85 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
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Weight
9.072 kg (20 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
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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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
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