Mac Pro Mid-2012

Mac Pro Mid-2012

Mac Pro

Discontinued
Released: June 11, 2012Discontinued on: October 22, 2013
United States: US$2999Japan: ¥262,800

Overview

While the Mac Pro "Six Core" 3.33 (Mid-2012/Westmere) was offered as a custom configuration of the Mac Pro "Quad Core" 3.2 (2012/Nehalem), it has significant technical differences other than just the processor.


The Mac Pro "Six Core" 3.33 (Mid-2012/Westmere) features a single 3.33 GHz Six Core 32-nm Xeon W3680 (Westmere) processor with a dedicated 256k of L2 cache for each core and 12MB of "fully shared" L3 cache.


By default, it is configured with 6GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM, a 1TB (7200 RPM, 32 MB cache) 3Gb/s Serial ATA hard drive, an 18X dual-layer "SuperDrive" and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card with 1GB of GDDR5 memory.


Expansion includes two external 5.25" "optical" bays (one available by default), four internal 3.5" "cable-free, direct attach" hard drive bays (three available by default), and four PCIe 2.0 slots (one free PCIe 2.0 x16 slot and two free PCIe 2.0 x4 slots with the default single graphics card installed).


Port selection includes five USB 2.0 ports, four Firewire "800" ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet, two Mini DisplayPorts and a dual-link DVI port, and more. AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR comes standard.


Please note that the "Mid-2012" Mac Pro models practically are identical to the "Mid-2010" models before them, but there are some differences in terms of specs and identifiers and EveryMac.com has documented them as distinct models, accordingly.

Evaluation

As the pinnacle single-processor model marking the final chapter of the "cheese grater" Mac Pro era, this machine represented the culmination of a mature platform. Although there were no major hardware changes from the 2010 model, the 3.33 GHz 6-core "Westmere" processor continued to provide extremely powerful performance for a wide range of professional workloads. [11, 35] By this point, the Mac Pro was deeply entrenched in the professional market due to its unparalleled expandability and reliability. Despite lacking the latest connectivity standards, many users compensated for this shortcoming with PCIe cards, continuing to rely on this robust workhorse. This model is appraised not only as the end of an era but also as a testament to the excellence of the Mac Pro's original design philosophy. [11, 38]

Product Info

Product Info Table
Model IDMacPro5,1
Apple Model NoA1289 (EMC 2629)
Apple Order NoBTO/CTO
Apple SubfamilyMid-2012

Price

Price Table
Original Price (US)US$2999
United StatesUS$2999
AustraliaA$3599
BrazilR$11.549
CanadaC$3049
ChinaRMB 22,688
Hong KongHK$23,388
Ireland€3649
Japan¥262,800
KoreaKRW 3,963,000
MalaysiaRM 9,699
MexicoMXN $50,999
New ZealandNZ$4799
SingaporeS$4,188
TaiwanNT$98,200
ThailandTHB 101,300
The PhilippinesPHP 147,990

Pricing Extras

Pricing Extras Table
Est. Current RetailUS$450-US$700

Body

Body Table
Form FactorMac Pro
Case TypeTower
Dimensions20.1 x 8.1 x 18.7 in / 51.1 x 20.6 x 47.5 cm
Avg. Weight39.9 lbs / 18.1 kg

Platform

Platform Table
Processor Type6 Core Xeon W3680
Processor Speed3.33 GHz
Processors1 (6 Cores)
Turbo Boost3.6 GHz
Architecture64-Bit
System Bus Speed6.4 GT/s
Cache Bus Speed3.33 GHz (Built-in)
L1 Cache32k/32k x6
L2/L3 Cache256k (x6), 12 MB
FPUIntegrated
ROM/Firmware TypeEFI
EFI Architecture64-Bit
Geekbench 2 (32)14089
Geekbench 2 (64)15802
Geekbench 3 (32)13969
Geekbench 3 (64)15541
Geekbench 4 (SC)2988
Geekbench 4 (MC)13134
Geekbench 5 (SC)642
Geekbench 5 (MC)3369

Memory

Memory Table
Standard RAM6 GB
Maximum RAM48 GB
RAM TypePC3-10600 DDR3 ECC
Min. RAM Speed1333 MHz
RAM Slots4

Storage

Storage Table
Standard Storage1 TB HDD
Std. Storage Speed7200 RPM
Storage InterfaceSerial ATA (3 Gb/s)
Storage Dimensions3.5" (25.4 mm)
Standard Optical18X DL "SuperDrive"

Display

Display Table
Display SupportUp to 6 Displays
Resolution Support2560x1600
2nd Display SupportDual/Mirroring
2nd Max. Resolution2560x1600
Video CardRadeon HD 5770
Standard VRAM1 GB
Maximum VRAM1 GB
VRAM TypeGDDR5 SDRAM
Video (Monitor)3

Audio

Audio Table
Headphone1
Sound Out2
Sound In2

Connectivity

Connectivity Table
USB5 (2.0)
USB Ports5 (2.0)
Firewire4 (800)
Firewire Ports4 (800)
SCSINone
Ethernet2 (RJ-45)
Standard EthernetGigabit (x2)
Expansion Bays4 3.5", 2 5.25"
Expansion Slots4 PCIe 2.0
Incl. KeyboardApple Aluminum KB
Incl. InputMagic Mouse

Wireless Connectivity

Wireless Connectivity Table
Standard AirPort802.11a/b/g/n
Standard Bluetooth2.1+EDR

Power

Power Table
Power1

Software

Software Table
Pre-Installed MacOSX 10.7.4 (11E53)
Maximum MacOSX 10.14.x
Windows SupportBoot/Virtualization
Minimum WindowsXP SP2 (32-Bit)
Maximum Windows8.1 (64-Bit)

Upgrades

Upgrades Table
Processor UpgradeLGA 1366 Socket