Power to change everything.

Say hello to a Mac that is extreme in every way. With the greatest performance, expansion, and configurability yet, it is a system created to let a wide range of professionals push the limits of what is possible.

All-New Design

Function defines form.

Every aspect of Mac Pro is designed in pursuit of performance. Built around a stainless steel space frame, an aluminum housing lifts off, allowing 360‑degree access to every component and vast configuration. From there anything is possible.

 

Processor and Memory

Up to 28 cores of power. Create without constraint.

Mac Pro is designed for pros who need the ultimate in CPU performance. From production rendering to playing hundreds of virtual instruments to simulating an iOS app on multiple devices at once, it’s exceedingly capable. At the heart of the system is an Intel Xeon processor with up to 28 cores — the most ever in a Mac. In addition, large L2 and shared L3 caches and 64 PCI Express lanes provide massive bandwidth in and out of the processor.

 

Engineered to go all out. All the time.

Squeezing every possible ounce of performance out of the processor means giving it a lot of power. In this case, over 300 watts. A massive heat sink keeps the system cool, enabling it to run fully unconstrained. Heat pipes move heat away from the chip, dispersing it along aluminum fin stacks. While three axial fans move air through the system.

 

Forget everything you know about memory.

A multicore workstation processor needs lots of memory to feed it. Featuring six channels of superfast ECC memory and 12 physical DIMM slots, Mac Pro allows for up to 1.5TB of memory. So pros working with large projects, analyzing huge data sets, or running multiple pro applications can make fast work out of all kinds of work. And while typical towers cram memory into hard-to-reach places, Mac Pro utilizes a two-sided logic board, making it easy to access.

Up to 2933MHz DDR4 ECC memory

Up to 140GB/s memory bandwidth

Six-channel memory system

 

• 28-core
• 24-core
• 16-core
• 12-core
• 8-core

56threads

2.5GHzbase

4.4GHzturbo boost

66.5MBcache

48threads

2.7GHzbase

4.4GHzturbo boost

57MBcache

32threads

3.2GHzbase

4.4GHzturbo boost

38MBcache

24threads

3.3GHzbase

4.4GHzturbo boost

31.25MBcache

16threads

3.5GHzbase

4.0GHzturbo boost

24.5MBcache

Logic Pro X

MATLAB

Adobe Photoshop 2020

Autodesk Maya

Wolfram Mathematica

Build Time

Final Cut Pro X

28-core Mac Pro

6.5xmore Amp Designer plug-ins

3.7x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

28-core Mac Pro

5.3xfaster simulation of dynamical systems

3.4x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

28-core Mac Pro

4.7xfaster processing of well-threaded filters

4.3x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

28-core Mac Pro

3.9xfaster Arnold render

2.7x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

28-core Mac Pro

3.4xfaster CPU benchmark performance

2.1x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

28-core Mac Pro

3.0xfaster build time: Clang, LLVM, and compiler-rt using Ninja

2.2x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

28-core Mac Pro

3.0xfaster ProRes transcode

1.4x

18-core iMac Pro

12-core previous-generation Mac Pro (Baseline)

Expansion

Eight PCI Express expansion slots. Go configure.

Mac Pro is designed for pros who need to build high‑bandwidth capabilities into their systems. With four double‑wide slots, three single‑wide slots, and one half‑length slot preconfigured with the Apple I/O card, it has twice as many slots as the previous Mac tower. Now you can customize and expand in ways never before possible in a single workstation.

half-length slot

single-wide slots

double-wide slots

 

Graphics

Extreme performance. By design.

For many pros, a high-performance graphics architecture is critical to their workflows. Especially for tasks like animating 3D film assets, compositing 8K scenes, and building lifelike gaming environments. To give them the highest possible performance and take graphics capabilities to a new level, something groundbreaking was required. Introducing the Mac Pro Expansion Module, or MPX Module.

 

A second connector. An industry first.

The MPX Module starts with an industry-standard PCI Express connector. Then, for the first time in a graphics card, more PCIe lanes integrate Thunderbolt and additional power provided to increase capability. With up to 500 watts, the MPX Module has power capacity equivalent to that of the entire previous-generation Mac Pro.

MPX connectorUp to 475 watts power

Standard PCI Express x16Up to 75 watts power

Thunderbolt 3Up to 40Gb/s data transfer

Infinity Fabric LinkUp to 5x faster data transfer

Radeon Pro Vega II Up to 14 teraflops compute performance

 

Radeon Pro Vega II Duo. Power plus power.

With up to 14 teraflops of compute performance, 32GB of memory, and 1TB/s of memory bandwidth, the MPX Module with Radeon Pro Vega II is a powerhouse. For more power, two Radeon Pro Vega II GPUs combine to create the Vega II Duo. With double the graphics performance, memory, and memory bandwidth, it’s the world’s most powerful graphics card. The two GPUs are connected through the Infinity Fabric Link, which allows data transfer up to 5x faster between the GPUs. It’s huge for apps that are optimized for multiple GPUs.

The world’s most powerful graphics card. Times two.

Taking power one huge step further, Mac Pro supports configuration of two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo MPX Modules. The four GPUs combine to add up to 56 teraflops and 128GB of high-bandwidth memory. It’s a massive amount of performance built to tackle everything from GPU rendering to machine learning to particle simulations.

 

Cool. Quiet. Capable.

Most GPUs aren’t conceived as part of an overall system, so they require their own cooling. The MPX Module is designed as an integrated component of Mac Pro. Its form factor enables a larger heat sink, which works in concert with the machine’s internal airflow to quietly dissipate heat. Without a noisy bolted-on fan, heat and decibel levels are kept remarkably low.

 

Radeon Pro Vega II Duo
Radeon Pro Vega II
Radeon Pro W5700X
Radeon Pro W5500X
Radeon Pro 580X

The world’s most powerful graphics card, optimal for demanding multi-GPU pro applications.

Two MPX Modules – four GPUs

56.6teraflops single precision

113.3teraflops half precision

128GBof HBM2 memory

1TB/smemory bandwidth each

One MPX Module – two GPUs

28.3teraflops single precision

56.6teraflops half precision

64GBof HBM2 memory

1TB/smemory bandwidth each

Workstation-class graphics ideal for demanding pro applications like video editing, 3D content creation, and photo retouching.

Two MPX Modules – two GPUs

28.3teraflops single precision

56.6teraflops half precision

64GBof HBM2 memory

1TB/smemory bandwidth each

One MPX Module – one GPU

14.1teraflops single precision

28.3teraflops half precision

32GBof HBM2 memory

1TB/smemory bandwidth

Next-generation graphics with 16GB of GDDR6 memory for great all-around performance with photos, videos and other content.

Two MPX Modules – two GPUs

18.9teraflops single precision

38.8teraflops half precision

32GBof GDDR6 memory

448GB/smemory bandwidth each

One MPX Module – one GPU

9.4teraflops single precision

18.9teraflops half precision

16GBof GDDR6 memory

448GB/smemory bandwidth

A next-generation graphics card that pairs performance with power efficiency.

Two MPX Modules – two GPUs

11.2teraflops single precision

22.4teraflops half precision

16GBof GDDR6 memory

224GB/smemory bandwidth each

One MPX Module – one GPU

5.6teraflops single precision

11.2teraflops half precision

8GBof GDDR6 memory

224GB/smemory bandwidth

Great all-around performance for non-GPU-intensive applications.

One MPX Module – one GPU

5.6teraflops single precision

8GBof GDDR5 memory

256GB/smemory bandwidth

Maxon Cinema 4D Pro Render
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Maxon Cinema 4D 3D Performance
Final Cut Pro X

Mac Pro Dual Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

6.8xfaster render

1.3x

iMac Pro Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Previous-generation Mac Pro Dual FirePro D700 (Baseline)

Mac Pro Dual Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

5.8xfaster effects render

1.3x

iMac Pro Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Previous-generation Mac Pro Dual FirePro D700 (Baseline)

Mac Pro Dual Radeon Pro Vega II with Infinity Fabric Link

3.4xfaster real-time 3D performance

2.9x

iMac Pro Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Previous-generation Mac Pro Dual FirePro D700 (Baseline)

Mac Pro Dual Radeon Pro Vega II with Infinity Fabric Link

2.7xfaster render speed

1.4x

iMac Pro Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Previous-generation Mac Pro Dual FirePro D700 (Baseline)

Video Editing

Apple Afterburner. Blaze through 8K video.

Created to transform the workflow for film and video professionals, Afterburner allows you to go straight from camera to timeline and work natively with 4K and even 8K files from the start. No more time-consuming transcoding, storage overhead, or errors during output. Proxy workflows, RIP.

 

Cut to even more creativity.

Afterburner is a hardware accelerator card built with an FPGA, or programmable ASIC. With over a million logic cells, it can process up to 6.3 billion pixels per second. And when installed in Mac Pro, the system is capable of handling up to 6 streams of 8K ProRes RAW or 23 streams of 4K ProRes RAW. This means you can free up your cores to enable even more creative effects and processing.

Up to 6 streams of 8K ProRes RAW video at 30 fps

Up to 23 streams of 4K ProRes RAW video at 30 fps

Up to 16 streams of 4K ProRes 422 video at 30 fps

 

Security and Storage

Security taken to new heights.

Mac Pro is the most secure tower we’ve ever built. A Secure Enclave coprocessor provides the foundation for encrypted storage and secure boot capabilities. So you can worry less about protecting your work, code, and intellectual property. And focus more on doing your best thinking.

Apple T2 Security Chip.

Data on Mac Pro is protected by the Apple T2 Security Chip. It integrates a Secure Enclave coprocessor and discrete controllers into a single chip. It also ensures that the lowest levels of software aren’t tampered with and that only operating system software trusted by Apple loads at startup.

Up to 8TB storage.

To deliver the fastest possible performance, Mac Pro is built on an all-flash storage architecture. It starts with a 256GB SSD and is configurable to a 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB SSD — all encrypted by the T2 chip.

 

High-Speed Connections

Powerful I/O at hand.

Mac Pro has extremely high‑performance I/O, and lots of it. It begins with four Thunderbolt 3 ports, two USB-A ports, and two 10Gb Ethernet ports. And with every MPX Module you add you get more capability. Connect up to 12 4K displays or up to six Pro Display XDRs from Apple and see your work with over 120 million pixels. It’s now easy to expand at will.

Rear expansion.

With up to 12 Thunderbolt 3 ports, Mac Pro doesn’t just have room for more ports than any Mac, it integrates them elegantly with each new module added.

Top case.

 Two convenient ports on the top allow quick and easy connections to your Thunderbolt 3–compatible devices.

 

Rack mount

Different form. Same powerful factors.

Mac Pro is also available in a rack mount — with all the same performance features and configuration options as the tower — for spaces better suited to a rack design. The rack mount features the airflow‑maximizing 3D lattice and stainless steel handles on the front and tool‑less stainless steel slide rails in place of feet or optional wheels.