- #2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS INSTALL#
- #2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS FULL#
- #2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS PROFESSIONAL#
- #2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS SERIES#
Of course, plenty of third-party manufacturers are frothing to sell their MPX Modules that include loads of storage in the new Mac Pro but that’s a little more expensive than dropping in an extra 3.5″ drive. The HP Z4 can hold up to four 3.5″ drives (or 2.5″ drives) and has a pair of M.2 slots for fast and relatively affordable NVMe drives, which more than levels the playing field against the Mac Pro’s included storage. However, I’m not certain that’s the included drive.īased on the initial info, you can configure up to two 2TB drives in the Mac Pro for a max of 4TB onboard storage. From what I could find, HP’s standard SSD drive caps out around 600MB/s.
#2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS FULL#
I don’t know the full specs of the HP’s SATA SSD drive but my guess is that it doesn’t match the Mac Pro’s drive, which looks to be an NVMe drive and is capable of up to 2.6GB/s sequential read and 2.7GB/s sequential write performance. The base Mac Pro ships with a 256GB SSD and the HP Z4 we’ve been talking about includes a 512GB SSD.
#2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS INSTALL#
However, if you step up to the HP Z8 G4 product line, you can install up to 3TB of RAM across 20 slots. So, the base models are directly comparable here but the Mac Pro blows away the HP Z4 for future upgradeability. Notably, the HP Z4 is expandable up to 256GB RAM, while the Apple Mac Pro is configurable with up to 1.5TB RAM. Mac Pros with 12-core to 28-core processors operate memory at 2933MHz.Īgain, the pre-built HP Z4 G4 Workstation we first mentioned above is configured with 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM at 2666MHz. The Mac Pro’s base specs call for 32GB DDR ECC RAM that operates at 2666MHz with the 8-core processor. It’s common to see the more expensive ECC RAM in workstations and that’s the case for both the Mac Pro and HP’s Z4 workstations. So, the Mac Pro still edges the HP’s processor configuration out by a bit but we’re one generation off with relatively comparable processing power. Notably, the 元 cache is 11MB in the Xeon W-2145, while the new Mac Pro’s Xeon W offers 16.5MB cache. This processor is a step above what was found in the 2017 iMac Pro but still a step below the new 2019 Mac Pro.
#2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS SERIES#
However, one pre-built HP Z4 G4 Series Tower Workstation at B&H matches up quite nicely spec-wise and includes a 3.7 GHz Intel Xeon W-2145 8-core processor, which the processor alone runs nearly $1200. The new Xeon W processors are hard to come by in an 8-core configuration for the HP Z series.
#2017 MAC PRO RAM SPECS PROFESSIONAL#
Essentially, let’s see what the alternative professional workstation looks like compared head-to-head against the Mac Pro. I realize that you could likely buy the components separately for a much lower price tag and build your own machine but that’s an entirely different market (and maybe a different post later on) however, I want to compare the pre-built configuration for a workstation product and avoid comparisons to gaming PCs as well. So, let’s look at a big Windows workstation provider for creative pros and see how Apple’s Mac Pro matches up against a modern HP Z-series workstation.īecause we’re working off of the base specs to get to the $6,000 price tag, I’m going to try to match those as close as possible to an HP workstation. However, I haven’t seen anyone point a link to a system in the $2000 to $3000 range that matches the new Mac Pro.
The sticker shock got me on the day it was announced and I’ve read countless comment and forum threads pointing out the fact that you can get a Windows workstation for half or even less that is comparable to the new Mac Pro. One of the biggest criticisms of the new Mac Pro is the $6,000 starting price that gets you an 8-core Xeon processor, 8GB Radeon Pro RX580X GPU, 32GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD.
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