Can I upgrade My CPU to Intel i7?

Can I upgrade My CPU to Intel i7? I have a mid 2010 iMac 21.5" with the 3.2 ghz i3 processor. I would like to upgrade to the Intel i7 6700 4ghz, but I know nothing about computers. Will it physically fit? is my computer compatible? Basically can I upgrade to this processor with my computer or no?
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bert [Entry]

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bert [Entry]

This is an old thread, but just for an update, there are two i7 options for the mid 2010 iMac with the LGA1156 socket. The i7-860S and i7-870S both work!

bert [Entry]

Conflicting information here! So if I have an original i3 21.5 mid 2010 iMac can I upgrade to an i7? And it will work minus heat issues? And if so can I also upgrade to 32 gigs of ram or is that motherboard based?

bert [Entry]

"I have an iMac 2010 21.5 screen with an i3-540 processor, 12GB ram memory, Ati Radeon HD4670 and macOS High Sierra.

I upgraded my CPU to i5-660 3.33Ghz, same TDP, socket, etc. My iMac started fine but everything worked slower, I cannot watch youtube without dropping frames, the same on ZOOM.

I run Geekbench 5 and here are the results

i3-540 Single core 511, Multi core 1122

i5-660 Single core 226, Multi core 519

What did I do wrong?"

bert [Entry]

"Hello everything is supported. I did a heavy upgrade on my imac.

I7 860s - 2 SSD (leave super drive) - 32gb ram - new gpu nvidia quadro k1100m

but the computer is quite powerful, but not much.

there is a bottleneck as the video card is very powerful and the cpu can't handle it.

I think I'll switch to an 880 i7 processor or a xeon 3480. my only dilemma is whether my imac power supply will be able to handle the watts of the new one."