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Apple Mac Pro with Afterburner Card

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Apple Mac Pro with Afterburner Card
Key Features
  • 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon W 16-Core
  • 192GB DDR4 | 4TB NVMe SSD
  • AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (16GB GDDR6)
  • 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Encased within an aluminum housing that completely lifts off for 360° access to the entire system, Apple has completely redesigned the Mac Pro, creating a modular tower system that delivers performance, expansion, and configurability. Designed for professionals who want to push the limits of what a Mac can do, the Mac Pro will serve those who require extreme CPU performance for workflows such as production rendering, 3D film animation, 8K compositing, building complex 3D environments, analyzing huge data sets, running multiple pro applications, playing hundreds of virtual instruments, simulating an app on a dozen iOS devices simultaneously, and other large projects. With a six-channel memory architecture, twelve physical memory slots, and eight PCIe slots, you'll be able to customize and expand the Mac Pro in ways not previously possible.
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Apple Mac Pro Overview

Encased within an aluminum housing that completely lifts off for 360° access to the entire system, Apple has completely redesigned the Mac Pro, creating a modular tower system that delivers performance, expansion, and configurability. Designed for professionals who want to push the limits of what a Mac can do, the Mac Pro will serve those who require extreme CPU performance for workflows such as production rendering, 3D film animation, 8K compositing, building complex 3D environments, analyzing huge data sets, running multiple pro applications, playing hundreds of virtual instruments, simulating an app on a dozen iOS devices simultaneously, and other large projects. With a six-channel memory architecture, twelve physical memory slots, and eight PCIe slots, you'll be able to customize and expand the Mac Pro in ways not previously possible.

This Mac Pro is powered by a 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon W 16-core processor and 38MB of cache memory. The processor can be overclocked to 4.4 GHz, and there is also 192GB of 2933 MHz DDR4 ECC memory. There is 4TB of NVMe SSD storage. Encrypted by the Apple T2 security chip, the SSD module delivers sequential read speeds of up to 2.6 GB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2.7 GB/s. Visuals are handled by a single AMD Radeon Pro W5700X graphics card. Graphics performance is further boosted by the included Afterburner card, which accelerates ProRes and ProRes RAW codecs in Final Cut Pro X and QuickTime Player X. It can also playback up to three streams of 8K ProRes RAW or twelve streams of 4K ProRes RAW.

Additional connectivity is provided by Apple's half-length PCIe 3.0 x4 I/O card, which offers two 5 Gb/s USB 3.0 Type-A ports and two 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 ports, which use the USB Type-C interface and support 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 Gen 2/3.2 Gen 2 and DisplayPort. The top of the system has two more Thunderbolt 3 ports and all Thunderbolt 3 ports are supported by DisplayPort connections stemming from the GPU. Wired network connectivity is established using dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports for a more reliable and stable connection, or take advantage of Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) for wireless connectivity, and pair wireless peripherals with your system via Bluetooth 5.0.

Apple's Mac Pro includes their Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Magic Mouse 2, a USB Type-C to Lightning cable, and a power cord. Protection is provided by a limited 1-year warranty and 90 days of free technical support.

This Mac comes preloaded with macOS. Updates can be downloaded for free via the Mac App Store. Please check Apple's website for upgrade eligibility.

General Features
Tremendous Processor Power and Massive Bandwidth
Designed for customers who demand the ultimate in CPU performance - for workflows like production rendering, playing hundreds of virtual instruments, or simulating an app on a dozen iOS devices at once - the Mac Pro features a powerful Intel Xeon W processor, with many PCI Express lanes for tremendous performance and massive bandwidth. It also provides over a lot of power along with a thermal architecture to allow the processor to run fully unconstrained all the time.
Enormous Memory Capacity and Expansion
For pros working with the large projects, analyzing huge data sets, or running multiple pro applications, the Mac Pro provides a memory capacity of up to 1.5TB to meet needs as they grow. Featuring a six-channel memory architecture and 12 physical DIMM slots, each of which supports up to a 128GB memory module, plus eight PCI Express expansion slots, which is twice that of the previous-generation Mac Pro tower, pros can customize and expand their system in ways never before possible in a single workstation.
Powerful Graphics Architecture
For pros animating 3D film assets, compositing 8K scenes, and building complex 3D environments, graphics performance is more important than ever. That is why the Mac Pro features the powerful graphics card with up to 56 teraflops of graphics performance in a single system. Its graphics expansion architecture, the Apple MPX Module, features Thunderbolt integration and over 500W of power, both firsts for any graphics card. And for super quiet operation, the MPX Module is cooled by the Mac Pro system thermals. The Mac Pro can be equipped with up to two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo cards.
Apple Afterburner Card
The Mac Pro debuts Afterburner, featuring a programmable ASIC capable of decoding up to 6.3 billion pixels per second. With Afterburner, video editors using high-quality cameras that require the conversion of native file formats into proxies for easy editing can now use native formats right from the camera and decode up to three streams of 8K ProRes RAW video and 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW video in real time, virtually eliminating proxy workflows.
Modular Enclosure with 360° Access
The design of the Mac Pro starts with a stainless steel space frame with an aluminum housing that lifts off for 360-° access to the entire system. The frame provides a foundation for modularity and flexibility, and incorporates smooth handles for easily moving the Mac Pro around the studio. The housing also features a lattice pattern to maximize airflow and quiet operation. For customers who want to rack mount their Mac Pro in edit bays or machine rooms, an optimized version for rack deployment will be available.
Performance to Transform the Pro Workflow
With up to a 28 core Xeon processor, 56 teraflops of graphics performance, and the Afterburner card, the Mac Pro delivers performance that will transform pro workflows. A number of pro app developers are seeing results that have never been possible in a single workstation.
  • Blackmagic Design brings full CPU and multi-GPU accelerated 8K real-time editing, effects, and color correction in ProRes 4444.
  • Avid can enable support for up to six HDX cards, resulting in more IO, increased voice count, and two times the real-time DSP processing.
  • Maxon's Cinema 4D is seeing 20% faster GPU render performance when compared to a Windows workstation maxed out with three NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 graphics cards.
  • Apple Mac Pro Specs

    Key Specs
    Operating System
    macOS
    Processor
    Intel Xeon W
    GPU
    AMD Radeon Pro W5700X with 16 GB GDDR6 VRAM
    Installed RAM
    192 GB
    Total Installed Storage
    4 TB
    Ports
    2 x USB-A 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 1
    USB-C
    8 x Thunderbolt 3 (Supports DisplayPort)
    Display I/O
    1 x HDMI 2.0
    Wi-Fi
    Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac); Dual-Band (2.4 & 5 GHz)
    Bluetooth
    5.0
    Keyboard
    Full-Size Keyboard with Number Pad
    Pointing Device
    Wireless Mouse
    Performance
    Processor
    Intel Xeon W
    CPU
    3.2 to 4.4 GHz 16-Core
    L3 Cache
    31.25 MB
    Graphics Type
    Dedicated
    GPU
    AMD Radeon Pro W5700X with 16 GB GDDR6 VRAM
    Memory Type
    2933 MHz DDR4
    Installed RAM
    192 GB
    Memory Configuration
    6 x 32 GB (User-Replaceable)
    Maximum Memory Capacity
    768 GB
    Memory Slot Type
    288-Pin DIMM
    Memory Slots
    12 (6 Available)
    Buffered Memory
    Yes (RDIMM)
    ECC Memory
    Yes
    Storage and Expansion
    SSD Slots
    2 x Apple Module PCIe (Unspecified Interface) (In Use)
    Total Installed Storage
    4 TB
    Solid State Storage
    2 x 2 TB Proprietary Apple NVMe
    MPX Bays
    1 x In Use (Full Height)
    1 x Available
    PCI Expansion
    1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (In Use)
    2 x PCIe 3.0 x8 (Available)
    1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 (In Use)
    PCI Expansion in MPX Bays
    When MPX Bay 1 Is Empty, the Following PCIe Slots Are Available:
    1 x PCIe Gen 3 x16
    1 x PCIe Gen 3 x8
    When MPX Bay 1 Is Holding a Half-Height Module, the Following PCIe Slots Are Available:
    1 x PCIe Gen 3 x8
    When MPX Bay 2 Is Empty, the Following PCIe Slots Are Available:
    2 x PCIe Gen 3 x16
    When MPX Bay 2 Is Holding a Half-Height Module, the Following PCIe Slots Are Available:
    1 x PCIe Gen 3 x16
    Inputs / Outputs
    Ports
    2 x USB-A 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 1
    USB-C
    8 x Thunderbolt 3 (Supports DisplayPort)
    Display I/O
    1 x HDMI 2.0
    Audio I/O
    1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm Headphone/Microphone Input/Output
    Built-In Speakers
    Yes
    Built-In Microphones
    No
    Media/Memory Card Slot
    No
    Communications
    Network I/O
    2 x RJ45 (10GbE)
    Wi-Fi
    Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac); Dual-Band (2.4 & 5 GHz)
    Bluetooth
    5.0
    Keyboard & Mouse
    Keyboard
    Full-Size Keyboard with Number Pad
    Pointing Device
    Wireless Mouse
    General
    Power Supply
    1400 W with IEC
    AC Input Power
    100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
    Operating Temperature
    50 to 95°F / 10 to 35°C
    Operating Humidity
    5 to 95%
    Dimensions
    20.8 x 17.7 x 8.58" / 52.83 x 44.96 x 21.79 cm
    Weight
    39.7 lb / 18.01 kg

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