Apple iMac 21.5" i5 3.0 Retina 4K (2017)
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Apple Mac mini i7 3.0 (Late 2014)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,299 $ / 1,499 € Price from 1,199 $ / 1,219 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2014

Processor

Intel Core i5-7400 Name Intel Core i7-4578U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
3.00 (3.50) GHz Frequency 3.00 (3.50) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Kaby Lake Architecture Haswell U
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2014

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 16 GB
DDR4 2400 Memory Type LPDDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

AMD Radeon Pro 555 Name Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Dedicated Type Internal
0.85 GHz Frequency 0.20 (1.20) GHz
2.00 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2013

Graphic card 2

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

Screen

21.5 inch Size --
4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz (219 ppi) Resolution
16:9 Ratio --
IPS Technology --
500 nits Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 GB Size 1,024 - 2,048 GB
Harddrive Type Harddrive
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? Yes
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 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

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

Ports

-- HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort 2x (Thunderbolt 2)
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 2x Mini Display Port (Thunderbolt 2)
4x USB 3.0 USB 4x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

450 mm Height 36 mm
528 mm Width 197 mm
175 mm Depth 197 mm
5,660 g Weight 1,220 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1418 Part-no A1347
iMac18,2 Ident-No: Macmini7,1
3069 EMC-No: 2840
-- 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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