Apple iMac Pro 27" 18-Core Vega 56 (2017)
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Apple iMac 27" i5 3.2 GeForce 680MX (Late 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Space Grey Colours Silver
7,399 $ / 8,379 € Price from 2,149 $ / 2,199 €
Q4/2017 Release date Q4/2012

Processor

Intel Xeon W-2191B Name Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Manufacturer Intel
18 / 36 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
2.30 (4.30) GHz Frequency 3.20 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Cascade Lake SP Architecture Ivy Bridge
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

32 - 256 GB Memory Size 8 - 32 GB
DDR4 2666 Memory Type DDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Dedicated Type Dedicated
1.14 (1.25) GHz Frequency 0.72 GHz
8.00 GB Memory Size 2.00 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
14 nm Structure 28 nm
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2012

Graphic card 2

-- Name Intel HD Graphics 2500
-- Type Internal
-- Frequency 0.65 (1.10) GHz
-- Memory Size --
-- Memory Type DDR3
-- Structure 22 nm
-- Release date Q2/2012

Screen

27.0 inch Size 27.0 inch
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 ppi) Resolution 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz (109 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:9
IPS Technology IPS
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
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 - 4,096 GB Size 1,024 - 3,072 GB
SSD Type Harddrive
PCIe Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional 1-3 TB Fusion Drive / 768 GB SSD
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
10 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

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

Ports

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort
4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
4x USB 3.0 USB 4x USB 3.0
4x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
1x Nbase?T Ethernet Other --

Dimensions / Housing

516 mm Height 516 mm
650 mm Width 650 mm
203 mm Depth 203 mm
9,700 g Weight 9,540 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1862 Part-no A1419
iMacPro1,1 Ident-No: iMac13,2
3144 EMC-No: 2546
-- 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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