Apple iMac 27" i5 3.4 Retina 5K (2017)
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Apple Mac mini i5 3.0 (2018)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Space Grey
1,799 $ / 2,099 € Price from 1,099 $ / 1,249 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2018

Processor

Intel Core i5-7500 Name Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 4 Cores / Threads 6 / 6
3.40 (3.80) GHz Frequency 3.00 (4.10) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Kaby Lake Architecture Coffee Lake S
Q1/2017 Release date Q1/2018

Memory

8 - 32 GB Memory Size 8 - 64 GB
DDR4 2400 Memory Type DDR4 2666
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

AMD Radeon Pro 570 Name Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dedicated Type Internal
1.00 (1.11) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.15) GHz
4.00 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type --
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2017

Graphic card 2

Intel UHD Graphics 630 Name --
Internal Type --
0.35 (1.10) GHz Frequency --
1.50 GB Memory Size --
-- Memory Type --
14 nm Structure --
Q4/2017 Release date --

Screen

27.0 inch Size --
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 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 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 4096 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 - 2,048 GB Size 256 - 2,048 GB
Fusion (Hybrid) Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
Optional SSD (256 - 1024 GB) 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

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 --
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort --
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
4x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C 2x (Thunderbolt)
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

516 mm Height 36 mm
650 mm Width 197 mm
203 mm Depth 197 mm
9,440 g Weight 1,300 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1419 Part-no A1993
iMac18,3 Ident-No: Macmini8,1
3070 EMC-No: 3213
-- 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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