Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018) vs iMac 27" (Mid 2020)

Surface Studio 2 (Late 2018)
iMac 27" (Mid 2020) $1,799
Base Price
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Base Price
$1,799
CPU
Core i7-7820HQ
CPU
Core i5-10500
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060
GPU
Radeon Pro 5300
Memory
16GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
256GB
Display
28" LCD IPS 4500x3000 Touch
Display
27" LCD IPS 5120x2880 -
Core i7-7820HQ
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
Core i5-10500
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
GB6S 1,200
32%
GB6M 3,600
15%
GB6S 1,525
41%
GB6M 5,485
23%
GeForce GTX 1060
1280 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1708MHz
Radeon Pro 5300
1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1650MHz
N/A
0%
FP32 4.37 TFLOPS
9%
1080p 42 FPS
35%
FP32 4.22 TFLOPS
8%
16GB
DDR4-2400
8GB
DDR4-2666
56 Tabs
11%
24 Tabs
5%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.8GB/s Read
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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28"
LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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450 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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4500x3000
13.5 Million Pixels
193 PPI
5120x2880
14.7 Million Pixels
218 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
Touch
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Surface Keyboard
Magic Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Magic Mouse 2
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Facial
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
3 Stream
Up to 1300Mbps
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth 5.0
No Sensors
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CM236
Z370
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4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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2x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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235W
303W
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No Battery
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Windows
macOS 10.15 Catalina
Windows
Windows 10 (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
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
Weight
9.56 kg (21.1 lb)
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Weight
8.936 kg (19.7 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
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Memory Slots
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4x SO-DIMM
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