Microsoft Surface Studio (Late 2016) vs iMac G4 17 (Late 2003)

Microsoft Surface Studio (Late 2016) $2,999
iMac G4 17 (Late 2003) $1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
CPU
Core i5-6440HQ
CPU
PowerPC 7455 1250MHz
GPU
GeForce GTX 965M
GPU
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
Memory
8GB
Memory
256MB
Storage
64GB
Storage
80GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
Display
17" LCD TN 1440x900 -
Core i5-6440HQ
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.6GHz Clock
PowerPC 7455 1250MHz
1 Core
1 Thread
1.25GHz Clock
GB6S 1,090
27%
GB6M 2,935
11%
N/A
0%
N/A
0%
GeForce GTX 965M
1024 Shaders
944MHz
2GB GDDR5
80GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac
4 Shaders
325MHz
128MB DDR
10.4GB/s Bandwidth
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0%
FP32 1.93 TFLOPS
4%
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0%
N/A
0%
8GB
DDR4-2133
256MB
DDR-333
24 Tabs
5%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
64GB
2.5"
SATA 3
Up to 546MB/s Read
80GB
3.5"
PATA
7200RPM
58 min 4K Video
1%
90 min 4K Video
2%
No Optical Drive
4x SuperDrive
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LCD IPS
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17"
LCD TN
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450 Nits
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200 Nits
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60Hz
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4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
1440x900
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
Touch
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Surface Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Apple Mouse
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Facial
No Biometrics
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2
2
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4.0
Bluetooth 1.1
56K Modem
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Integrated Chipset
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Network
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1x Ethernet (100Mbps)
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235W
160W
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Windows
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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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
508 mm (20 in)
Width
450 mm (17.7 in)
Depth
424 mm (16.7 in)
Volume
96.88 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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10.342 kg (22.8 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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M6498
EMC 1991
PowerMac6,3
Change Comparison