Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) vs iMac 27 (Early 2019)
Microsoft Surface Studio 2
(Late 2018)
$3,500
iMac 27
(Early 2019)
$1,799
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Base Price (MSRP)
$3,500
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Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
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CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
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CPU
Core i5-8500
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GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
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GPU
Radeon Pro 570X
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Memory
16GB
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Memory
8GB
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Storage
1TB
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Storage
256GB
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Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
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Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
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GB6S 1,200
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GB6M 3,600
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GB6S 1,395
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GB6M 4,865
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N/A
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FP32 4.37 TFLOPS
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FP32 7.92 TFLOPS
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16GB
DDR4-2400
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8GB
DDR4-2666
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56 Tabs
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24 Tabs
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1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
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256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.8GB/s Read
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1,978 min 4K Video
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442 min 4K Video
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No Optical Drive
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No Optical Drive
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450 Nits
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60Hz
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4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
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5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
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LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
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LED Backlight
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Touch
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Surface Keyboard
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Surface Mouse
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Magic Mouse 2
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Facial
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No Biometrics
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No Cellular
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No Cellular
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Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
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Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
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Up to 1300Mbps
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Bluetooth 4.1
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Bluetooth 4.2
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Audio
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Audio
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Card
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Windows
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macOS 10.14 Mojave
Windows
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Windows 10 (Latest)
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
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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
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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
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Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
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CPU
Upgradable
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GPU
Not Upgradable
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GPU
Not Upgradable
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Memory
Not Upgradable
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Memory
Upgradable
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Storage
Upgradable
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Storage
Upgradable
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Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
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Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
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Motherboard
Not Upgradable
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Motherboard
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Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Power Supply
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A2115
EMC 3194
iMac19,1
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