Major technological changes from past generation of Mac Pros

All
1) Processors now have Hyper-Threading technology for virtual cores
2) Processors now have Turbo Boost dynamic performance
2) Each Processor now has 8MB of L3 cache
3) Default Graphics Card goes from ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT to NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
4) Graphics Memory amount increases from 256MB to 512MB
5) Hard Drive size increases from 320GB to 640GB
6) Optical SuperDrive is slightly faster
7) Bluetooth now built in and is version 2.1 + EDR
8) FireWire 800 ports go from 2 to 4 ... FireWire 400 ports dropped
9) Machines ever so slightly lighter
Configuration Options

8 Core Models
1) Processors goes from Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 to Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500
2) Processor speeds increases from 3.2GHz, 3.0GHz & 2.8GHz to 2.93GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.26GHz
3) Main memory amount increases from 2GB to 6GB
4) L2 Cache speed increases from 2.0GHz to 2.8GHz
5) Prices go from $4,399, $3,599 & $2,799 to $5,899, $4,699 & $3,299

4 Core Models
1) Now two versions of the 4 core machine clocking in at 2.93GHz or 2.66GHz (was 2.8GHz)
2) Processor goes from Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 to Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500
3) Main memory amount increases from 2GB to 3GB
4) Memory slots decrease from 8 slots to 4. Maximum memory drops from 32GB to 8GB
5) Prices go from 2,299 to $2,999 or $2,499

Quad-core: One 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor

Hyper-Threading technology for up to 16 virtual cores

8MB of L3 cache per processor

Turbo Boost dynamic performance (up to 3.33GHz on 8-core 2.93GHz system)

64-bit data paths and registers

MB871LL/A

8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors

Hyper-Threading technology for up to 16 virtual cores

8MB of L3 cache per processor

Turbo Boost dynamic performance (up to 3.33GHz on 8-core 2.93GHz system)

64-bit data paths and registers

MB535LL/A

Price Information

MSRP
2.66GHz ... $2,499
2.93GHz ... $2,999
Other Configuration Options

MSRP
2.26GHz ... $3,299
2.66GHz ... $4,699
2.93GHz ... $5,899
Other Configuration Options

Bus Speed
(MHz)

RAM

3GB (three 1GB DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM

8GB max

Four memory slots

6GB (six 1GB DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM

32GB max

Eight Memory slots

Graphics Support

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0, one Mini DisplayPort, and one dual-link DVI port
Configuration Options

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for up to eight 30-inch displays

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0, one Mini DisplayPort, and one dual-link DVI port
Configuration Options

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for up to eight 30-inch displays

Expansion
Slots

Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels

One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

Two PCI Express x4 slots

All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

300W combined maximum for all PCI Express slots

Expansion slot for optional AirPort Extreme Card

Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels

One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

Two PCI Express x4 slots

All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

300W combined maximum for all PCI Express slots

Expansion slot for optional AirPort Extreme Card

Hard Drive

640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache

Up to 4TB of internal storage
Configuration Options

640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache

Up to 4TB of internal storage
Configuration Options

Optical Drive

18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

* Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 18x speed

* Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed

*Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed

* Reads DVDs at up to 18x speed

* Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed

* Reads CDs at up to 32x speed

18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

* Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 18x speed

* Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed

*Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed

* Reads DVDs at up to 18x speed

* Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed

* Reads CDs at up to 32x speed

Communication

Optional AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi card with 802.11n2 (based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Optional AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi card with 802.11n2 (based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Connectivity

Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)

Four FireWire 800 ports (two on front panel, two on back panel)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)

Four FireWire 800 ports (two on front panel, two on back panel)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Operating System

Notes

Configuration Options

Weight: 39.9lbs (18.1 kg)

Optional Mac Pro RAID Card with 512MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup

Optimized for energy efficiency

Configuration Options

Weight: 41.2lbs (18.7 kg)

Optional Mac Pro RAID Card with 512MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup

Optimized for energy efficiency

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Quad-core: One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processor

12MB of L2 cache per processor (each pair of cores shares 6MB)

64-bit data paths and registers

Z0EM00034

8-core: Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors

12MB of L2 cache per processor (each pair of cores shares 6MB)

64-bit data paths and registers

MA970LL/A

8-core: Two 3.0GHz, Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors

12MB of L2 cache per processor (each pair of cores shares 6MB)

64-bit data paths and registers

Z0EM0003D

8-core: Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors

12MB of L2 cache per processor (each pair of cores shares 6MB)

64-bit data paths and registers

Z0EM0003G

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MSRP: $2,299

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MSRP: $2,799

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MSRP: $3,599

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MSRP: $4,399

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Bus Speed
(MHz)

RAM

2GB (2 x 1GB) 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory

32GB max

Eight FB-DIMM slots

2GB (2 x 1GB) 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory

32GB max

Eight FB-DIMM slots

2GB (2 x 1GB) 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory

32GB max

Eight FB-DIMM slots

2GB (2 x 1GB) 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory

32GB max

Eight FB-DIMM slots

Graphics Support

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
Configuration Options

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

DVI to VGA adapter included

Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for up to eight 30-inch displays

300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
Configuration Options

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

DVI to VGA adapter included

Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for up to eight 30-inch displays

300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
Configuration Options

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

DVI to VGA adapter included

Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for up to eight 30-inch displays

300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
Configuration Options

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

DVI to VGA adapter included

Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for up to eight 30-inch displays

300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards

Expansion
Slots

Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels

One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

Two PCI Express x4 slots

All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card

Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels

One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

Two PCI Express x4 slots

All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card

Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels

One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

Two PCI Express x4 slots

All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card

Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels

One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

Two PCI Express x4 slots

All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card

Hard Drive

320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache

Up to 4TB of internal storage
Configuration Options

320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache

Up to 4TB of internal storage
Configuration Options

320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache

Up to 4TB of internal storage
Configuration Options

320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache

Up to 4TB of internal storage
Configuration Options

Optical Drive

16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

* Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed

* Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed

* Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed

* Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed

* Reads CDs at up to 32x speed

16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

* Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed

* Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed

* Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed

* Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed

* Reads CDs at up to 32x speed

16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

* Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed

* Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed

* Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed

* Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed

* Reads CDs at up to 32x speed

16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

* Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed

* Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed

* Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed

* Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed

* Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed

* Reads CDs at up to 32x speed

Communication

Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Optional external Apple USB Modem

Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps

Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Optional external Apple USB Modem

Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps

Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Optional external Apple USB Modem

Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps

Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Optional external Apple USB Modem

Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps

Connectivity

Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)

Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)

Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)

Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)

Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Operating System

Notes

Configuration Options

Weight: 42.4lbs (19.2 kg)

Optional Mac Pro RAID card with 256MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup

Configuration Options

Weight: 42.4lbs (19.2 kg)

Optional Mac Pro RAID card with 256MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup

Configuration Options

Weight: 42.4lbs (19.2 kg)

Optional Mac Pro RAID card with 256MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup

Configuration Options

Weight: 42.4lbs (19.2 kg)

Optional Mac Pro RAID card with 256MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup