It has been over five years since Apple launched the last Intel iMac. This is how much of an upgrade you would get with a thoroughly-modern M4 24-inch iMac.
M4 24-inch iMac [left], 21.5-inch Intel iMac [right]
M4 24-inch iMac [left], 21.5-inch Intel iMac [right]
Apple’s self-designed chip initiative, Apple Silicon, has been around for quite a few years. Introduced in 2020, Apple Silicon has systematically replaced all of Apple’s Intel-based Mac models with versions using its own design of processor.
The iMac saw its last Intel release in 2019, a time when Apple continued to use an older iMac design.Two years later, Apple changed the game by not only bringing out an Apple Silicon iMac, but one that was radically redesigned.