Apple iMac 21.5" i5 3.0 Retina 4K (2017)
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Apple iMac 27" i9 3.6 Radeon 5500 XT (2020)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,299 $ / 1,499 € Price from 2,699 $ / 3,174 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2020

Processor

Intel Core i5-7400 Name Intel Core i9-10910
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 4 Cores / Threads 10 / 20
3.00 (3.50) GHz Frequency 3.60 (5.00) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Kaby Lake Architecture Comet Lake
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2020

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 128 GB
DDR4 2400 Memory Type DDR4 2666
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

AMD Radeon Pro 555 Name AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
Dedicated Type Dedicated
0.85 GHz Frequency 1.19 (1.76) GHz
2.00 GB Memory Size 8.00 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
14 nm Structure 7 nm
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2020

Graphic card 2

Intel UHD Graphics 630 Name Intel UHD Graphics 630
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.00) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.20) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
-- Memory Type --
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q4/2017 Release date Q4/2017

Screen

21.5 inch Size 27.0 inch
4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz (219 ppi) Resolution 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:9
IPS Technology IPS
500 nits Max. Brightness 500 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 6016x3384 @ 60Hz
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 GB Size 512 - 2,048 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
Optional 1TB Fusion Drive / 256 - 512GB SSD 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 2.1 MP, 1080p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

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

Dimensions / Housing

450 mm Height 516 mm
528 mm Width 650 mm
175 mm Depth 203 mm
5,660 g Weight 8,920 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1418 Part-no A2115
iMac18,2 Ident-No: iMac20,1
3069 EMC-No: 3442
-- 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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