Mac Pro Mid-2012

Mac Pro Mid-2012

Mac Pro

Discontinued
Released: June 11, 2012Discontinued on: October 22, 2013
United States: US$3799Japan: ¥328,800

Overview

The Mac Pro "Twelve Core" 2.4 (Mid-2012/Westmere) features dual 2.4 GHz Six Core 32-nm Xeon E5645 (Westmere) processors with a dedicated 256k of L2 cache for each core and 12MB of "fully shared" L3 cache per processor. It also can be equipped with two 2.66 GHz Six Core Intel Xeon X5650 or two 3.06 GHz Six Core Intel Xeon X5675 processors for a total of twelve cores for both of these custom configurations.


By default, this model is configured with 12GB 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 standard 12-core model in the "Mid-2012" lineup, this machine offered a mature architecture carried over from the 2010 models. Its dual 2.4 GHz 6-core "Westmere" processors provided phenomenal processing power for highly multi-threaded applications, such as 3D rendering and scientific computing. The absence of the latest I/O technology remained a point of criticism, but many users felt that the Mac Pro's true strength—its immense internal expandability—more than compensated for this shortcoming. This model has enjoyed significant popularity in the secondhand market, where it is often upgraded with faster CPUs and continues to serve in professional environments for many years.

Product Info

Product Info Table
Model IDMacPro5,1
Apple Model NoA1289 (EMC 2629)
Apple Order NoMD771LL/A
Apple SubfamilyMid-2012

Price

Price Table
Original Price (US)US$3799
United StatesUS$3799
AustraliaA$4599
Austria€3399
Belgium€3949
BrazilR$14.999
CanadaC$3849
ChinaRMB 28,888
DenmarkDKK 26,999
Finland€3999
France€3899
Germany€3399
Hong KongHK$29,488
IndonesiaRp 38,999,000
Ireland€3999
Italy€3428
Japan¥328,800
KoreaKRW 4,990,000
Luxembourg€3753,19
MalaysiaRM 11,999
MexicoMXN $65,999
Netherlands€3399
New ZealandNZ$6099
NorwayNOK 30.990
Portugal€3499
SingaporeS$5,288
Spain€3998
SwedenSEK 33.995
SwitzerlandCHF 3'499
TaiwanNT$122,900
ThailandTHB 128,900
The PhilippinesPHP 186,990
United Kingdom£3099
VietnamVND 87,999,000

Pricing Extras

Pricing Extras Table
Est. Current RetailUS$600-US$800

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 E5645 x2
Processor Speed2.4 GHz
Processors2 (12 Cores)
Custom Speeds2.66, 3.06 GHz (6)
Turbo Boost2.67 GHz
Architecture64-Bit
System Bus Speed6.4 GT/s
Cache Bus Speed2.4 GHz (Built-in)
L1 Cache32k/32k x12
L2/L3 Cache256k (x12), 12 MB (x2)
FPUIntegrated
ROM/Firmware TypeEFI
EFI Architecture64-Bit
Geekbench 2 (32)17642
Geekbench 2 (64)19887
Geekbench 3 (32)20107
Geekbench 3 (64)22053
Geekbench 4 (SC)2197
Geekbench 4 (MC)16440
Geekbench 5 (SC)494
Geekbench 5 (MC)4620

Memory

Memory Table
Standard RAM12 GB
Maximum RAM128 GB
RAM TypePC3-10600 DDR3 ECC
Min. RAM Speed1333 MHz
RAM Slots8

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 Sockets