The new Mac Pro: Detailed tech specs

Let's take a look at the new Mac Pro that was unveiled Apple's WWDC 2019 developer conference, June 3, 2019.

The new Mac Pro has a starting price of $5999 for the base model featuring:

• 8-core Xeon processor
• 32GB RAM
• AMD WX 7100 GPU
• 256GB SSD storage

No pricing has been given for other configurations.

The Mac Pro will be offered in five different processor configurations:

8-Core

3.5GHz Intel Xeon W
8 cores, 16 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz
24.5MB cache
Support for up to 1TB 2666MHz memory

12-Core

3.3GHz Intel Xeon W
12 cores, 24 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
31.25MB cache
Support for up to 1TB 2933MHz memory

16-Core

3.2GHz Intel Xeon W
16 cores, 32 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
38MB cache
Support for up to 1TB 2933MHz memory

24-Core

2.7GHz Intel Xeon W
24 cores, 48 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
57MB cache
Support for up to 2TB 2933MHz memory

28-Core

2.5GHz Intel Xeon W
28 cores, 56 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
66.5MB cache
Support for up to 2TB 2933MHz memory

The Mac Pro will be offered in a wide array of RAM configurations:

• 32GB - Four 8GB DIMMs
• 48GB - Six 8GB DIMMs
• 96GB - Six 16GB DIMMs
• 192GB - Six 32GB DIMMs
• 384GB - Six 64GB DIMMs
• 768GB - Six 128GB DIMMs or 12 64GB DIMMs
• 1.5TB - 12 128GB DIMMs (requires 24-core or 28-core processor)

8-core processor runs RAM at 2666MHz while 12-core to 28-core processors options run RAM at 2933MHz.

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

• 36 compute units, 2304 stream processors
• 8GB of GDDR5 memory
• Up to 5.6 teraflops single precision
• Two HDMI 2.0 ports on card
• Four DisplayPort connections routed to system to support internal Thunderbolt 3 ports
• Support for up to six 4K displays, two 5K displays, or two Pro Display XDRs
• Half-height MPX Module fits in an MPX bay and enables PCIe slot 2 for additional expansion

AMD Radeon Pro Vega II

• 64 compute units, 4096 stream processors
• 32GB of HBM2 memory with 1TB/s memory bandwidth
• Up to 14.1 teraflops single precision or 28.2 teraflops half precision
• Infinity Fabric Link connection enables two Vega II GPUs to connect at up to 84GB/s
• Four Thunderbolt 3 ports and one HDMI 2.0 port on card
• Two DisplayPort connections routed to system to support internal Thunderbolt 3 ports
• Support for up to six 4K displays, three 5K displays, or two Pro Display XDRs
• Full-height MPX Module fills an MPX bay and uses extra power and PCIe bandwidth

AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

• Two Vega II GPUs, each with 64 compute units and 4096 stream processors
• 64GB of HBM2 memory (32GB per GPU), each with 1TB/s memory bandwidth
• Up to 28.2 teraflops single precision or 56.4 teraflops half precision
• Onboard Infinity Fabric Link connection connects the two Vega II GPUs at up to 84GB/s
• Four Thunderbolt 3 ports and one HDMI 2.0 port on card
• Four DisplayPort connections routed to system to support internal Thunderbolt 3 ports
• Support for up to eight 4K displays, four 5K displays, or four Pro Display XDRs
• Full-height MPX module fills an MPX bay and uses extra power and PCIe bandwidth

The 1.4KW power supply is capable of outputting the following continuous power:

• 1280W at 108-125V or 220-240V
• 1180W at 100-107V

Two MPX Modules or up to four PCI Express card slots

Each MPX bay provides:

• x16 gen 3 bandwidth for graphics
• x8 gen 3 bandwidth for Thunderbolt
• DisplayPort video routing
• Up to 500W power for an MPX Module

Alternatively, each MPX bay can support:

• One full-length, double-wide x16 gen 3 slot and one full-length, double-wide x8 gen 3 slot (MPX bay 1)
• Or two full-length, double-wide x16 gen 3 slots (MPX bay 2)
• Up to 300W auxiliary power via two 8-pin connectors

Three full-length PCI Express gen 3 slots

• One x16 slot; two x8 slots
• 75W auxiliary power available

One half-length x4 PCI Express gen 3 slot with Apple I/O card installed

the Afterburner accelerator card is a PCI Express x16 card:

• Accelerates ProRes and ProRes RAW codecs in Final Cut Pro X, QuickTime Player X, and supported third-party apps
• Supports playback of up to 3 streams of 8K ProRes RAW or up to 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW

Storage options are as follows:

• 256GB SSD - One 256GB module
• 1TB SSD - Two 512GB modules
• 2TB SSD - Two 1TB modules
• 4TB SSD - Two 2TB modules

Up to 2.6GB/s sequential read and 2.7GB/s sequential write performance.

Storage is encrypted using the Apple T2 Security Chip.

I/O card installed in the half-length x4 PCI Express slot with:

• Two USB 3 ports
• Two Thunderbolt 3 ports
• Two 10Gb Ethernet ports

• Top of the enclosure features two Thunderbolt 3 ports.
• Built-in speaker
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Height with optional wheels is 21.9 inches (55.7 cm)
• The system weighs in at 39.7 pounds (18.0 kg)