Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2009)

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) $3,500
iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,500
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
16GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
500GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920x1080 -
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
GB6S 1,200
30%
GB6M 3,600
13%
GB6S 370
9%
GB6M 620
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
4GB
DDR3-1066
56 Tabs
11%
8 Tabs
2%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
500GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
930 min 4K Video
23%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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28"
LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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450 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
1920x1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
Touch
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Surface Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Magic Mouse
Not Included
Not Included
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Not Included
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
X48
ICH9
Data
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4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
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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
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Card
1x SDHC Card
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235W
205W
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No Battery
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No Battery
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Windows
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (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
451 mm (17.8 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
44.89 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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9.299 kg (20.5 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
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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4x SO-DIMM
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A1311
EMC 2308
iMac10,1
Change Comparison