Microsoft Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2009)

Microsoft Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022) $4,500
iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$4,500
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i7-11370H
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
GPU
GeForce RTX 3060
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
32GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
500GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500×3000 Touch
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920×1080

GB6 Single-Core

  • 4.76x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2009)
  • 79% slower vs Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022)
Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022) - GB6S 1,760
x4.76
iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) - GB6S 370
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 8.87x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2009)
  • 89% slower vs Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022)
Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022) - GB6M 5,500
x8.87
iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) - GB6M 620
x1

FP32

  • 364x faster vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2009)
  • 100% slower vs Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022)
Surface Studio 2+ (Late 2022) - 12.74 TFLOPS FP32
x364
iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) - 35 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
Core i7-11370H
4 Cores
8 Threads
3.3GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
Core i7-11370H vs Core 2 Duo E7600 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
GeForce RTX 3060
3584 Shaders
1777MHz
12GB GDDR6
360GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
96 FPS 1080p
80%
12.74 TFLOPS FP32
25%
N/A
0%
35 GFLOPS FP32
0%
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce 9400M Full Specs Comparison
32GB
DDR4-3200
4GB
DDR3-1066
120 Tabs
24%
8 Tabs
2%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S2
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3.4GB/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
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
300 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
-
-
Touch
Capacitive
-
-
4500×3000
1920×1080
1080p
480p
Surface Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Magic Mouse
Facial
No Biometrics
3
2
2
1
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.1
Bluetooth 2.1
Integrated Chipset
X48
ICH9
Data
-
2x USB 3.1 (10Gbps)
3x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps)
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
-
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
-
Video
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
-
-
Card
1x SDHC Card
235W
205W
Windows
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (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
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)
Weight
9.299 kg (20.5 lb)
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
-
-
Memory Slots
4x SO-DIMM
-
A1311
EMC 2308
iMac10,1
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