Apple iMac 27" i5 3.5 M290X Retina 5K (Late 2014)
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Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.5 (Late 2011)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
2,499 $ / 2,599 € Price from 2,449 $ / 2,399 €
Q4/2014 Release date Q4/2011

Processor

Intel Core i5-4690 Name Intel Core i7-2860QM
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 4 Cores / Threads 4 / 8
3.50 (3.90) GHz Frequency 2.50 (3.60) GHz
22 nm Structure 32 nm
Haswell Refresh Architecture Sandy Bridge
Q2/2014 Release date Q4/2011

Memory

8 - 32 GB Memory Size 4 - 8 GB
DDR3 1600 Memory Type DDR3 1333
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

AMD Radeon R9 M290X Name AMD Radeon HD 6770M - 1 GB
Dedicated Type Dedicated
0.85 (0.98) GHz Frequency 0.73 GHz
2.00 GB Memory Size 1.00 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
28 nm Structure 40 nm
Q4/2014 Release date Q1/2011

Graphic card 2

Intel HD Graphics 4600 Name Intel HD Graphics 3000
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.20) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.30) GHz
2.00 GB Memory Size 0.40 GB
DDR3 Memory Type DDR3
22 nm Structure 32 nm
Q2/2013 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

27.0 inch Size 15.4 inch
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 ppi) Resolution 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz (110 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology TN
500 nits Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 - 3,072 GB Size 750 GB
Fusion (Hybrid) Type Harddrive
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
Optional SSD (256 - 1024 GB) 2. drive Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB)
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

-- Type Lithium-Polymer
-- Capacity 77.50 Wh
-- Battery life 7.00 h
-- Charging MagSafe @ 85 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1
-- 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 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2) Thunderbolt 1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
4x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 2.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other 1x Firewire 800

Dimensions / Housing

516 mm Height 24 mm
650 mm Width 364 mm
203 mm Depth 249 mm
9,540 g Weight 2,540 g
-- Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1419 Part-no A1286
iMac15,1 Ident-No: MacBookPro8,2
2806 EMC-No: 2563
-- 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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