Apple has begun selling a new Mac Pro along with Pro Display XDR screen in India. The high-end Mac Pro starts at Rs 4,99,900 and can be purchased from Apple authorized resellers. The new MacPro is a direct sequel to the Mac Pro that was launched 7 years ago (Famous as Trash Can) from 2013, which is no longer available from Apple.
- 8-core, 16 threads, 3.5GHz, 4.0GHz TB, 24.5MB cache, up to 1TB 2666MHz memory.
- 12-core, 24 threads, 3.3GHz, 4.4GHz TB, 31.25MB cache, up to 1TB 2933MHz memory.
- 28-core, 32 threads, 3.2GHz, 4.4GHz TB, 38MB cache, up to 1TB 2933MHz memory.
At its base configuration, the Apple Mac Pro can be had with an eight-core, sixteen threaded Intel Xeon W clocked at 3.5GHz. This can be paired with a 32GB DDR4-2666 memory module, 256GB SSD, and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X graphics chip with 8GB of GDDR5 VRAM. Expansion card slots can be selected among either two MPX modules or four PCI Express slots, three full-length PCIe gen 3 slots, and one PCIe Gen 3 x4 slot with the Apple I/O card. The interfaces on the PC include two USB 3 ports (USB-A type), two Thunderbolt 3 ports (with support for Thunderbolt 3, USB-C and DisplayPort), and two 10Gb Ethernet ports.
This base variant of the Apple Mac Pro is a fairly decent performing desktop PC but charges a considerable premium for the overall design of the Mac Pro tower. The overall PC design has a modular, easily upgradeable design, and while the new ventilation design enables good performance, it has also attracted a fair share of memes and criticism, and comparison to a ‘cheese grater’. Apple also bundles its keyboard (with numeric keypad) and the Magic Mouse 2 with the Mac Pro, but there is no bundled display in the deal, even for the towering price tag that it comes with.
In its highest-end configuration, the Apple Mac Pro can be purchased with a 28-core, 56-thread Intel Xeon W processor, with a base clock speed of 2.5GHz and 4.4GHz turbo boost. This is paired with a whopping 1.5TB of DDR4-2933 memory, 8TB SSD, and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo dual graphics option with 64GB of HBM2 graphics memory. While there is no revealed price tag for this configuration, expect this to be among the most expensive desktop PC option that you would have ever heard of.
The Mac Pro features a tower design equipped with a knob that can be used to unlatch it from all four sides. There is a handle on the top for conveniently lifting it. The rack measures 52.9 x 45 x 21cm and weighs 18kg.
The Mac Pro can be bought in 8-core, 12-core, 16-core, 24-core and 28-core versions with the Intel Xeon W processor. In the memory department, the Mac Pro features 12 DIMM slots. These slots can support 32GB, 48GB, 96GB, 192GB, 384GB, 768GB and 1.5TB of LPDDR4 EEC RAM.
When it comes to storage, the Mac Pro offers option such as 256GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB of SSD storage. The base model of the Mac Pro comes with the AMD Radeon Pro 580X. Other variants have the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X and Radeon Pro Vega II. The highest model features Radeon Pro Vega II Duo. There is Afterburner Kit by Apple on the Mac Pro to accelerate video encoding and decoding. It is a programmable ASIC that can handle up to 3/12/16 streams of 8K/4K ProRes RAW at 30fps.
The connectivity ports available on the Apple Mac Pro include Apple Afterburner ProRes and ProRes RAW accelerator PCI Express x16 card, eight PCI express expansion slots, two USB 3 ports, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a 3.5mm audio jack, and two 10GB Ethernet ports. There are two Thunderbolt 3 ports on top of the tower, and another pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports on the front of the rack enclosure. It comes with support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.0. The highest configuration variant of the Mac Pro carries a 1,400W power supply.