The current 27-inch iMac has RAM slots that are user-accessible. If it doesn’t have Face ID, it will likely have Touch ID built into the keyboard like the 24-inch iMac. A November leak suggested that it is possible that the camera could support Face ID, since True Depth references were spotted in macOS Big Sur, though the MacBook Pro doesn’t support Face ID despite having a wide notch. That same FaceTime camera implementation is expected for the larger iMac as well. The 24-inch iMac and new MacBook Pro have improved FaceTime cameras that use the M1’s ISP to provide better image quality. The ethernet-equipped power adapter will probably be standard with the larger iMac. We could see a 12-core iMac Pro with 10 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores. Dylandkt doesn’t provide details on how those 12 cores are allocated, but since it’s a pro Mac, we can use the M1 Max’s core configuration (10 total cores 8 performance and 2 efficiency) as a guide. Gurman reported in January that the iMac Pro would have “similar chips to the M1 Pro and M1 Max processors inside of the MacBook Pro.” Furthermore, Twitter leaker dylnadkt tweeted that the iMac Pro will have a 12-core Apple processor. In benchmarks, the M1 Pro and M1 Max processors are significantly faster than the M1 iMacs and offer a nice speed boost over the current Intel model. The iMac’s slim profile is similar to the MacBook Pro, which means the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips will work well. Apple introduced the new M1 Pro and M1 Max for the MacBook Pro, and it’s likely that Apple will use those same chips in the next iMac.
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The larger iMac, however, is part of Apple’s professional Mac line and will have a faster SoC. The 24-inch iMac fits in Apple’s consumer product lineup, and it’s outfitted with the M1, the same SoC that’s in Apple’s other consumer Macs. As you can see above, it dramatically cuts down on the gloss and glare. Apple will probably continue to offer this with the new larger iMac. The 27-inch iMac comes with standard glass on the front of the display, but for $300, Apple offers a nano-texture glass that provides a matte-like finish and does a good job of cutting down glare. The 27-inch iMac has a nano-texture glass option (right) that does a better job of resisting glare and reflections.
A rumor by Ross Young in October and a follow-up report in December claims that Apple will be bringing the same Liquid Retina XDR display in the MacBook Pro to the iMac, a rumor that was also corroborated by dylandkt on Twitter. The upcoming larger iMac will have smaller bezels than the 27-inch iMac and iMac Pro, which could help the display reach a higher pixel density without having to make the display much bigger.
Liquid Retina XDR: 2K/3K Retina display, 1,600 nits peak brightness, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, wide color (P3), True Tone.27-inch iMac and iMac Pro: 5K Retina display (5120‑by‑2880 resolution), 500 nits brightness, wide color (P3), True Tone.24-inch iMac: 4.5K Retina display (4480-by-2520 resolution) 500 nits brightness, wide color (P3), True Tone technology.To get an idea of what we could expect with the display in the larger iMac, let’s look at what’s being used in the current iMac lineup, as well as the Pro Display XDR and Liquid Retina XDR in the MacBook pro. The current 27-inch iMac measures 25.6 inches wide, 20.3 inches tall, and 8 inches deep, and while Apple’s new design helps make the 24-inch iMac smaller than the 21.5-inch iMac it replaced, there isn’t that much of a difference in size (21.5 inches x 18.1 inches x 5.8 inches (with the stand) vs 20.8 inches x 17.7 inches x 6.9 inches). The larger iMac will reportedly use the same design as the 24-inch iMac, and early speculation suggested that it could house a display as large as 32 inches. Recent rumors say the new iMac will have “dark bezels” in contrast to the 24-inch model’s white trim. Apple introduced the first Apple silicon-based redesigned all-in-one with the 24-inch iMac with a new design that shortens the chin, trims the bezels, and shrinks the enclosure down to an impressive 11.5 millimeters. In January, Bloomberg reported that Apple planned on replacing both the Intel-based 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs with new machines that feature a new design and Apple’s M1 system on a chip (SoC). November 2, 2021: Twitter leaker dylandkt has spilled numerous details about the next iMac. December 15, 2021: Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants reiterates his claim of a similar mini-LED ProMotion (120Hz) display as in the MacBook Pro.