Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.8 (Late 2015)
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Apple iMac 27" i5 3.5 M290X Retina 5K (Late 2014)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,299 $ / 1,499 € Price from 2,499 $ / 2,599 €
Q4/2015 Release date Q4/2014

Processor

Intel Core i5-5575R Name Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 4 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
2.80 (3.30) GHz Frequency 3.50 (3.90) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Broadwell Architecture Haswell Refresh
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2014

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 32 GB
LPDDR3 1867 Memory Type DDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 Name AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Internal Type Dedicated
0.30 (1.05) GHz Frequency 0.85 (0.98) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 2.00 GB
DDR3,LPDDR3 Memory Type GDDR5
14 nm Structure 28 nm
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2014

Graphic card 2

-- Name Intel HD Graphics 4600
-- Type Internal
-- Frequency 0.35 (1.20) GHz
-- Memory Size 2.00 GB
-- Memory Type DDR3
-- Structure 22 nm
-- Release date Q2/2013

Screen

21.5 inch Size 27.0 inch
1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (103 ppi) Resolution 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:9
IPS Technology IPS
-- Max. Brightness 500 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz 1. external display 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 GB Size 1,024 - 3,072 GB
Harddrive Type Fusion (Hybrid)
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
Optional 2 TB Fusion Drive / 256 GB SSD 2. drive Optional SSD (256 - 1024 GB)
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

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

Ports

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
2x Mini DisplayPort DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort
2x Thunderbolt 2 (Mini DisplayPort) Thunderbolt 2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2)
4x USB 3.0 USB 4x USB 3.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

450 mm Height 516 mm
528 mm Width 650 mm
175 mm Depth 203 mm
5,680 g Weight 9,540 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1418 Part-no A1419
iMac16,1 Ident-No: iMac15,1
2889 EMC-No: 2806
-- 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 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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