Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) vs Power Mac G4 (Mid 2001)
            Power Mac G5
            (Late 2005)
                
            
        
    
            Power Mac G4
            (Mid 2001)
                
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) - | Base Price (MSRP) - | 
| CPU PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz  | CPU PowerPC 7450 733MHz  | 
| GPU GeForce 6600 LE Mac  | GPU GeForce2 MX  | 
| Memory 512MB  | Memory 128MB  | 
| Storage 160GB  | Storage 40GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| N/A 0% N/A 0% | N/A 0% N/A 0% | 
| 512MB DDR2-533 | 128MB SDR-133 | 
| Unknown # Tabs 0% | Unknown # Tabs 0% | 
| 160GB 3.5" SATA 1 - | 40GB 3.5" PATA - | 
| 250 min 4K Video 6% | Unknown # min 4K Video 0% | 
| 16x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading | 12x CD-RW Tray Loading | 
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| Apple Keyboard | Apple Pro Keyboard | 
| Mighty Mouse | Apple Pro Mouse | 
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| No Biometrics | No Biometrics | 
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| No Microphones | No Microphones | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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| No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps | No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 1 (802.11b) 1 Stream Up to 11Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 2.0 | No Bluetooth | 
| 56K Modem | 
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| Data - - - - - - - - - - - 4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - 2x FireWire 400 1x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - - | Data - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 1.0 (12Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x FireWire 400 - - - - - - - - - | 
| Network - - 2x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | 
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| Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio | Audio 1x Audio Jack - | 
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| GPU Ports 1x DVI-I 1x DVI-I Dual-Link | GPU Ports 1x VGA | 
| 450W 550W | 360W | 
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| Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger | Mac OS 9.2 Moonlight | 
| Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest) | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Latest) | 
| Build Material Aluminum - - | Build Material Plastic - - | 
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| Height 511 mm (20.1 in) Width 206 mm (8.1 in) Depth 475 mm (18.7 in) Volume 49.89 L | Height 432 mm (17 in) Width 226 mm (8.9 in) Depth 467 mm (18.4 in) Volume 45.62 L | 
| Weight 22.135 kg (48.8 lb) - - - - | Weight 13.608 kg (30 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Not Upgradable | CPU Not Upgradable | 
| GPU Not Upgradable | GPU Not Upgradable | 
| Memory Upgradable | Memory Upgradable | 
| Storage Upgradable | Storage Upgradable | 
| Wi-Fi Upgradable | Wi-Fi Upgradable | 
| Motherboard Not Upgradable | Motherboard Not Upgradable | 
| Power Supply Not Upgradable | Power Supply Not Upgradable | 
| Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x 5.25" Bay 2x 3.5" Bay - - | Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x 5.25" Bay 4x 3.5" Bay - - | 
| Memory Slots 8x DIMM - | Memory Slots 3x DIMM - | 
| Expansion Slots - - - - - - - - - - - 2x PCIe 1.0 x4 1x PCIe 1.0 x8 1x PCIe 1.0 x16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Expansion Slots 4x PCI 33MHz 64Bit - - - - - 1x AGP x4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| A1117 EMC 2023 PowerMac11,2 | M8493 EMC 1896 PowerMac3,5 | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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