Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) $3,500
iMac 20 (Early 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,500
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8135
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
16GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
320GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
Display
20" LCD TN 1680x1050 -
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E8135
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 1,200
30%
GB6M 3,600
13%
GB6S 335
8%
GB6M 575
2%
GeForce GTX 1060
1280 Shaders
1708MHz
6GB GDDR5
192GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
FP32 4.37 TFLOPS
9%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.04 TFLOPS
0%
16GB
DDR4-2400
2GB
DDR3-1066
56 Tabs
11%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
570 min 4K Video
14%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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28"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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450 Nits
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290 Nits
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60Hz
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4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
CCFL Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
Touch
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Surface Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Surface Mouse
Mighty Mouse
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Facial
No Biometrics
3
2
2
1
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth 2.1
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CM236
GeForce 9400M
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4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Data
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4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
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1x FireWire 800
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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
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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235W
200W
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No Battery
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Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
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
439 mm (17.3 in)
Width
637 mm (25.1 in)
Depth
250 mm (9.8 in)
Volume
69.93 L
Height
470 mm (18.5 in)
Width
485 mm (19.1 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
42.85 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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9.072 kg (20 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not 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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2x SO-DIMM
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A1224
EMC 2266
iMac9,1
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