Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) vs iMac G5 17 (Mid 2005)

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) $3,500
iMac G5 17 (Mid 2005) $1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,500
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
CPU
PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
GPU
Radeon 9600 Mac
Memory
16GB
Memory
512MB
Storage
1TB
Storage
160GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500×3000 Touch
Display
17" LCD TN 1440×900
CPU Image
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
CPU Image
PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz
1 Core
1 Thread
1.8GHz Clock
Core i7-7820HQ vs PowerPC 970FX 1.8GHz Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
GeForce GTX 1060
1280 Shaders
1708MHz
6GB GDDR5
192GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
Radeon 9600 Mac
4 Shaders
325MHz
128MB DDR
6.4GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
4.37 TFLOPS FP32
9%
N/A
0%
N/A
0%
GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon 9600 Mac Full Specs Comparison
16GB
DDR4-2400
512MB
DDR-400
56 Tabs
11%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s
160GB
3.5"
SATA 1
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1,978 min 4K Video
49%
250 min 4K Video
6%
No Optical Drive
8x Combo Drive
Slot Loading
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28"
LCD IPS
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17"
LCD TN
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Area
361.8 in² (2334.5 cm²)
3:2 Aspect Ratio
Area
129.9 in² (838 cm²)
16:10 Aspect Ratio
Brightness
450 Nits
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Brightness
250 Nits
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Refresh Rate
60Hz
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60Hz
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Resolution
4500×3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
Resolution
1440×900
1.3 Million Pixels
100 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
CCFL Backlight
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800:1 Contrast
Viewing Angles
178° Horizontal
178° Vertical
Viewing Angles
140° Horizontal
120° Vertical
Colour Depth
8-bit
Colour Depth
8-bit
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Surface Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Apple Mouse
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Not Included
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Not Included
Facial
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g)
1 Stream
Up to 54Mbps
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth 2.0
56K Modem
No Sensors
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Data
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4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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235W
180W
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No Battery
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Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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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
429 mm (16.9 in)
Width
427 mm (16.8 in)
Depth
173 mm (6.8 in)
Volume
31.64 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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8.391 kg (18.5 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not 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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A1058
EMC 2055
PowerMac8,2
Change Comparison