Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.3 (2017)
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Apple Mac mini M2 (2023)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,099 $ / 1,299 € Price from 599 $ / 699 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q1/2023

Processor

Intel Core i5-7360U Name Apple M2
Intel Manufacturer Apple
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 8 / 8
2.30 (3.60) GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
14 nm Structure 5 nm
Kaby Lake U Architecture M2 (Avalanche / Blizzard)
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2022

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 24 GB
DDR4 2133 Memory Type LPDDR5 6400
-- Memory Bandwith 102.4 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 Name Apple M2 - 10 GPU Cores
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (1.00) GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 24.00 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR5
14 nm Structure 5 nm
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2022

Screen

21.5 inch Size --
1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (103 ppi) Resolution
16:9 Ratio --
IPS Technology --
-- Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 7680 x 4320 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 4096 x 2160 @ 240 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 GB Size 256 - 2,048 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
Optional 1TB Fusion Drive / 256GB SSD 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ax (WLAN 6E)
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.3
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera --
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort --
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort, USB 4, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
4x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C 2x (Thunderbolt 4)
-- Lightning --
-- Other 3,5mm Headphone

Dimensions / Housing

450 mm Height 36 mm
528 mm Width 197 mm
175 mm Depth 197 mm
5,440 g Weight 1,180 g
-- Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1418 Part-no --
iMac18,1 Ident-No: --
3068 EMC-No: --
-- Security features --
Link to manufacturer data sheet Link to manufacturer

Benchmark results

Geekbench 6 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 6 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Cinebench 2024 - Single Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in the 3D program Cinema 4D from the manufacturer Maxon. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation. Cinebench 2024 runs on Windows (x86-64 and arm) and macOS. He can also test the new Apple M processors.




Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in the 3D program Cinema 4D from the manufacturer Maxon. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation. Cinebench 2024 runs on Windows (x86-64 and arm) and macOS. He can also test the new Apple M processors.




Cinebench R23 - Single Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




Cinebench R23 - Multi Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) - FP32 (TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS. TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second. The larger this number, the faster the graphics card is.




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