Microsoft Surface Studio (Late 2016) vs iMac 20 (Early 2009)

Microsoft Surface Studio (Late 2016) $2,999
iMac 20 (Early 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i5-6440HQ
CPU
Core 2 Duo E8135
GPU
GeForce GTX 965M
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
8GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
64GB
Storage
320GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
Display
20" LCD TN 1680x1050 -
Core i5-6440HQ
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.6GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E8135
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 1,090
27%
GB6M 2,935
11%
GB6S 335
8%
GB6M 575
2%
GeForce GTX 965M
1024 Shaders
944MHz
2GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
FP32 1.93 TFLOPS
4%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.04 TFLOPS
0%
8GB
DDR4-2133
2GB
DDR3-1066
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
64GB
2.5"
SATA 3
Up to 546MB/s Read
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
58 min 4K Video
1%
570 min 4K Video
14%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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450 Nits
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290 Nits
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60Hz
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4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
1680x1050
1.8 Million Pixels
99 PPI
LED Backlight
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CCFL Backlight
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Touch
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Surface Keyboard
Apple Keyboard Al
Surface Mouse
Mighty Mouse
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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 4.0
Bluetooth 2.1
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CM236
GeForce 9400M
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1x FireWire 800
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Network
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Audio
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Audio
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Card
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235W
200W
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Windows
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (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
470 mm (18.5 in)
Width
485 mm (19.1 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
42.85 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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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
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2x SO-DIMM
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A1224
EMC 2266
iMac9,1
Change Comparison