These are industry-leading Xeon processors to boot with a Turbo Boost up to 4.5Ghz.
With room for up to 18 cores, the iMac Pro is still a powerhouse, even though it's nearly three years old. You can also purchase up to 8TB SSD storage on the device, which is double the maximum found on the iMac Pro.
On the iMac 5K (2020), you'll also find 10th generation Intel chips, a T2 Security Chip, a 1080p camera (for the first time), a studio-quality microphone, and more. Ideally suited for an uncontrolled lighting environment, the nano-texture glass provides lower contrast while producing unwanted haze and sparkle. Nano-texture glass is also available as an option. With True Tone, the color of the screen automatically adjusts based on the time of day to protect your eyes better. There's also True Tone technology for the first time. It supports 5120‑by‑2880 resolution for one billion colors, 500 nits brightness, and Wide color (P3). The new iMac scores highest when it comes to the display. Three-mic array with directional beamforming Starts at 1TB SSD storage, configurable up to 4TB SSD storage Starts at 256GB SSD, configurable up to 8TB SSD storage Starting at Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8GB HBM2 memory Starting at Radeon Pro 5300 with 4GB of GDDR6 memory Starts at 3.0GHz 10-Core Intel Xeon W processor with Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz Starts at 3.1GHz 6-Core Processor with Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz And yet, recent changes made to the latter blurs that advantage, at least a little bit as you can see below. And yet, they are very different, as the significant price difference between the two suggests. Placed side-by-side with the iMac Pro, the machines look strikingly similar. The silver iMac 5K also has a 27-inch display. Called "the most powerful Mac ever made" at the time of its revealing, the computer serves as a powerful all-in-one alternative to the newer third-generation Mac Pro.
Break it down nowĪnnounced at the 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference and launched a few months later, the iMac Pro offers a 27-inch display with a unique dark space gray finish. The choice for you will come down to options and budget.
The iMac 5K is the all-in-one Mac solution for most people, while the iMac Pro is geared towards professional creatives that have money to spend. Only one of the two was a significant one, however.
Google Sheets is web-based, so I used it in my Edge and Chrome browsers Google also offers Sheets apps for Android and iOS, so I tested those as well. Because it’s a multiplatform world, I also tested Excel’s macOS desktop client, its web version, and its Android and iOS mobile apps. Individuals and businesses who use the perpetual version of Excel may not have all the features covered here. This review focuses on the Excel desktop application for Windows in Microsoft 365/Office 365. Individuals can use the online version of Excel for free, but its functionality isn’t as robust as the desktop client’s. Excel is available as part of Microsoft Office, which has a variety of different iterations for personal or business use and is available as either an annual Microsoft 365 or Office 365 subscription or as a one-time purchase (what Microsoft calls the “perpetual” version of Office). Although Google Sheets is part of Google’s licensed G Suite package for businesses, it remains free for individual use. I built one that tracked eight months of income and expenses for an imaginary company, including both results and projections.īefore I forget - there is one glaring difference between Sheets and Excel that should be mentioned: price. To test all that, I decided to create a typical spreadsheet that many business professionals might need to assemble: a budget tracker.
To find out where Sheets and Excel stand today, both individually and compared to each other, I tested them by trying out the most common tasks users perform, including starting a new spreadsheet, inputting data and formulas, formatting cells, creating charts, adding extras such as data from external sources, and collaborating with others. If you (or your business) chose one spreadsheet app and rejected the other years ago, there may be good reasons to reconsider. Both are polished and very useful - so much so that it’s easy to cling to the application you’re currently using without learning how the other has improved over the years. Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel are the two best-known spreadsheet applications available today.