Apple Mac Pro (Early 2008) vs Apple Mac Pro (M2 Ultra)

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Mac Pro (Early 2008) compared with Mac Pro (M2 Ultra)

	AppleMac Pro (Early 2008)	AppleMac Pro (M2 Ultra)
Overview
Released
Released	January 2008	June 2023
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Xeon E5462, 2 × Intel Xeon E5462, 2 × Intel Xeon E5472 or 2 × Intel Xeon X5482	Apple M2 Ultra
CPU cores
CPU cores	4 or 8	24
Graphics
Graphics	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	60-core GPU or 76-core GPU
Memory
Memory	2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB	64 GB, 128 GB or 192 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	300 GB to 1 TB	1 TB to 8 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	One 2.8 GHz quad-core Xeon or two 2.8, 3.0 or 3.2 GHz quad-core Xeons; four or eight total cores. Each processor has 12 MB L2 cache (6 MB shared by each pair of cores), SSE4 and 1600 MHz independent frontside bus. EveryMac identifies E5462, E5472 and X5482 respectively.	24-core CPU with 16 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores
GPU
GPU	Radeon HD 2600 XT has 256 MB GDDR3, GeForce 8800 GT has 512 MB GDDR3 and Quadro FX 5600 has 1.5 GB GDDR3; each has two dual-link DVI ports. Quadro adds stereo 3D. Maker also confirms two, three or four Radeon HD 2600 XT cards; no unconfirmed mixed-card configurations expanded.	60-core or 76-core GPU; additional graphics cards and MPX modules are not supported
AI engine
AI engine	–	32-core Neural Engine
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	800 GB/s
Memory type
Memory type	800 MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMMs; eight slots on two removable risers, up to 32 GB; factory options 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 GB	–
Storage type
Storage type	Four independent SATA 3 Gb/s bays and up to 4 TB. Primary SATA drive options 320/500/750 GB or 1 TB at 7200 rpm; 300 GB 15,000 rpm SAS requires optional Mac Pro RAID Card. Configurations show one primary drive; additional independent drives, RAID arrangements and one or two 16x double-layer SuperDrives are separate options.	1 TB SSD, configurable to 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB; two internal SATA connectors up to 6 Gb/s
Media engine
Media engine	–	Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; two video decode engines, four video encode engines and four ProRes encode and decode engines
Expansion slots
Expansion slots	Four full-length PCI Express slots including two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (one double-wide) and two x4 slots; mechanical support for x16 cards, 300 W combined maximum. PCI/PCI-X incompatible.	Six full-length PCIe 4.0 slots (two x16 and four x8); one half-length x4 PCIe 3.0 slot with Apple I/O card installed; up to 300 W auxiliary power through two 75 W six-pin and one 150 W eight-pin connectors
Display
Screen
Screen	None built in	None built in
Connections
Ports
Ports	5 × USB-A, 2 × Ethernet, headphone jack	8 × Thunderbolt 4, 2 × USB-A, 2 × HDMI, 2 × Ethernet, headphone jack
Ethernet
Ethernet	1 Gb/s	10 Gb/s (better)
External displays
External displays	Up to 8	Up to 8
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Optional 802.11n	Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	2.0 + EDR	5.3
Front ports
Front ports	Two USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and headphone output	Two Thunderbolt 4 ports on top of the tower or at the front of the rack enclosure
Back ports
Back ports	Three USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, two Gigabit Ethernet, optical TOSLINK input/output and analogue line input/output. DVI outputs depend on graphics configuration; included keyboard ports excluded from chassis count.	Six Thunderbolt 4 ports with DisplayPort, USB 4 up to 40 Gb/s and USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10 Gb/s; two USB-A up to 5 Gb/s; two HDMI; two 10 Gb Ethernet supporting 1, 2.5, 5 and 10 Gb/s; 3.5 mm jack with high-impedance headphone support; additional internal USB-A up to 5 Gb/s
External displays
External displays	Up to eight 30-inch displays requires four Radeon HD 2600 XT cards. Digital resolutions up to 2560 × 1600, analogue up to 2048 × 1536 using included DVI-to-VGA adapter.	Up to eight displays at 4K 60 Hz, six at 6K 60 Hz or three at 8K 60 Hz; each HDMI port supports one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz, with VRR, HDR and multichannel audio
Speakers
Speakers	Front-panel speaker	Built-in speaker; HDMI multichannel audio output
Keyboard and mouse
Keyboard and mouse	Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse; display sold separately	Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad, Magic Mouse; optional Magic Trackpad
Design and power
Type
Type	Tower	Tower
Weight
Weight	–	16.86 kg
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	206 × 475 × 511 mm	218 × 450 × 529 mm
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Size and weight detail
Size and weight detail	Standard-configuration weight 19.2 kg; actual weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process, so shared scalar weight omitted	Tower with feet is 529 × 218 × 450 mm and 16.86 kg; optional wheels increase height to 557 mm. Rack enclosure is 5U, 220.2 × 482 × 539.5 mm including handles (493.5 mm from fascia), and 17.21 kg; rack depth range 609.6–1,066.8 mm
Power supply
Power supply	100–120 V or 200–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz single phase; maximum 12 A in low-voltage range or 6 A in high-voltage range	Built-in; maximum continuous power 1,280 W at 108–125 V or 220–240 V, or 1,180 W at 100–107 V
Materials
Materials	–	70% recycled aluminium in the enclosure
Colours
Colours	–	Silver
In the box
In the box	Mac Pro, keyboard and mouse, DVI-to-VGA adapter, USB keyboard extension cable, install/restore DVDs and documentation; Mac OS X Leopard and iLife '08	Mac Pro, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad, Magic Mouse, 2 m power lead, 1 m USB-C charge cable; rack mount rails included with the rack enclosure, shipped separately