Apple Specs > iMac (All) > iMac 21.5" (Intel)

Update Published June 12, 2025

Every Apple iMac with a 21.5-Inch display is listed below. All of these iMac models have Intel processors and use a thin, silver-colored aluminum case design.

Apple sold 21.5-Inch iMac models from 2009 to 2021. Apple does not sell current iMac models with this display size.

Click on a specific model for its complete technical specs, configuration options, identification details, performance benchmarks, original price in dozens of countries, and more.

You may also be interested in All Apple Intel iMac models, which includes other display sizes; All iMac models, which includes earlier iMac models with PowerPC processors (1998-2006) as well as later iMac models with Apple Silicon processors (2021-Current), and All Apple Macs.

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1 Apple Mac Processor Type iMac "Core 2 Duo" 3.06 21.5" (Late 2009) 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo (E7600) iMac "Core 2 Duo" 3.33 21.5" (Late 2009) 3.33 GHz Core 2 Duo (E8600) iMac "Core i3" 3.06 21.5" (Mid-2010) 3.06 GHz Core i3 (I3-540) iMac "Core i3" 3.2 21.5" (Mid-2010) 3.2 GHz Core i3 (I3-550) iMac "Core i5" 3.6 21.5" (Mid-2010) 3.6 GHz Core i5 (I5-680) iMac "Core i5" 2.5 21.5" (Mid-2011) 2.5 GHz Core i5 (I5-2400S) iMac "Core i5" 2.7 21.5" (Mid-2011) 2.7 GHz Core i5 (I5-2500S) iMac "Core i7" 2.8 21.5" (Mid-2011) 2.8 GHz Core i7 (I7-2600S) iMac "Core i3" 3.1 21.5" (Late 2011) 3.1 GHz Core i3 (I3-2100) iMac "Core i5" 2.7 21.5" (Late 2012) 2.7 GHz Core i5 (I5-3330S) iMac "Core i5" 2.9 21.5" (Late 2012) 2.9 GHz Core i5 (I5-3470S) iMac "Core i7" 3.1 21.5" (Late 2012) 3.1 GHz Core i7 (I7-3770S) iMac "Core i3" 3.3 21.5" (Early 2013) 3.3 GHz Core i3 (I3-3225) iMac "Core i5" 2.7 21.5" (Late 2013) 2.7 GHz Core i5 (I5-4570R) iMac "Core i5" 2.9 21.5" (Late 2013) 2.9 GHz Core i5 (I5-4570S) iMac "Core i7" 3.1 21.5" (Late 2013) 3.1 GHz Core i7 (I7-4770S) iMac "Core i5" 1.4 21.5" (Mid-2014) 1.4 GHz Core i5 (I5-4260U) iMac "Core i5" 1.6 21.5" (Late 2015) 1.6 GHz Core i5 (I5-5250U) iMac "Core i5" 2.8 21.5" (Late 2015) 2.8 GHz Core i5 (I5-5575R) iMac "Core i5" 3.1 21.5" (4K, Late 2015) 3.1 GHz Core i5 (I5-5675R) iMac "Core i7" 3.3 21.5" (4K, Late 2015) 3.3 GHz Core i7 (I7-5775R) iMac "Core i5" 2.3 21.5" (Mid-2017) 2.3 GHz Core i5 (I5-7360U) iMac "Core i5" 3.0 21.5" (4K, Mid-2017) 3.0 GHz Core i5 (I5-7400) iMac "Core i5" 3.4 21.5" (4K, Mid-2017) 3.4 GHz Core i5 (I5-7500) iMac "Core i7" 3.6 21.5" (4K, Mid-2017) 3.6 GHz Core i7 (I7-7700) iMac "Core i3" 3.6 21.5" (4K, 2019) 3.6 GHz Core i3 (I3-8100) iMac "Core i5" 3.0 21.5" (4K, 2019) 3.0 GHz Core i5 (I5-8500) iMac "Core i7" 3.2 21.5" (4K, 2019) 3.2 GHz Core i7 (I7-8700)

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