Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2015)

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) $3,500
iMac 21.5 (Late 2015) $1,099
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,500
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,099
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
CPU
Core i5-5250U
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
GPU
HD 6000 950MHz
Memory
16GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
128GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500×3000 Touch
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920×1080

GB6 Single-Core

  • 47% faster vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2015)
  • 32% slower vs Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)
Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) - GB6S 1,200
x1.47
iMac 21.5 (Late 2015) - GB6S 815
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 2.3x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2015)
  • 57% slower vs Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)
Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) - GB6M 3,600
x2.3
iMac 21.5 (Late 2015) - GB6M 1,565
x1

FP32

  • 5.99x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2015)
  • 83% slower vs Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)
Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) - 4.37 TFLOPS FP32
x5.99
iMac 21.5 (Late 2015) - 730 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core i5-5250U
2 Cores
4 Threads
1.6GHz Clock
Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i5-5250U Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
GeForce GTX 1060
1280 Shaders
1708MHz
6GB GDDR5
192GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
HD 6000 950MHz
384 Shaders
950MHz
Shared Memory
4.37 TFLOPS FP32
9%
730 GFLOPS FP32
1%
GeForce GTX 1060 vs HD 6000 950MHz Full Specs Comparison
16GB
DDR4-2400
8GB
DDR3-1866
56 Tabs
11%
24 Tabs
5%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.3GB/s
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
186 min 4K Video
5%
28"
LCD IPS
21.5"
LCD IPS
28"
21.5"
Area
361.8 in² (2334.5 cm²)
3:2 Aspect Ratio
Area
197.5 in² (1274.3 cm²)
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
450 Nits
Brightness
350 Nits
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Resolution
4500×3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
Resolution
1920×1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
4500×3000
1920×1080
LED Backlight
1,100:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
1,000:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Colour Depth
8-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
-
-
Coverage
100% sRGB
-
-
Fully Laminated
Coating
Glossy Anti-Reflective
Fully Laminated
Touch
Capacitive
-
-
4500×3000
1920×1080
720p
720p
Surface Keyboard
Magic Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Magic Mouse 2
Facial
No Biometrics
3
2
2
2
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth 4.0
CM236
Z87
Data
4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
1x USB-C 3.1 (10Gbps)
-
Data
4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
-
2x Thunderbolt 2 (20Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDXC Card
Card
1x SDXC Card
235W
185W
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Windows
macOS 12 Monterey (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
439 mm (17.3 in)
Width
637 mm (25.1 in)
Depth
250 mm (9.8 in)
Volume
69.93 L
Height
450 mm (17.7 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
175 mm (6.9 in)
Volume
41.63 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
Weight
5.67 kg (12.5 lb)
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
-
-
Storage Slots
1x 2.5" Bay
-
-
Memory Slots
2x SO-DIMM
-
A1418
EMC 2889
iMac16,1
iMac16,2
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