Aurora (R14) vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra)

Aurora (R14) $1,300
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra) $6,999
Base Price
$1,300
Base Price
$6,999
CPU
Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU
M2 Ultra 24C60G
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050
GPU
60-Core M2 Ultra
Memory
8GB
Memory
64GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
1TB
Display
No Display
Display
No Display
Ryzen 5 5600X
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.7GHz Clock
M2 Ultra 24C60G
24 Cores
24 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
GB6S 2,115
56%
GB6M 8,705
36%
GB6S 2,700
72%
GB6M 21,150
88%
GeForce RTX 3050
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
60-Core M2 Ultra
7680 Shaders
Shared Memory
1398MHz
1080p 69 FPS
57%
FP32 9.1 TFLOPS
18%
N/A
0%
FP32 21.47 TFLOPS
43%
8GB
DDR4-3200
64GB
LPDDR5-6400
24 Tabs
5%
248 Tabs
49%
256GB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3.5GB/s Read
1TB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 5GB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
No Optical Drive
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Multi-Media Keyboard
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Optical Mouse MS116AW
Magic Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
No Speakers
1
No Microphones
No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth 5.3
No Sensors
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B550
Integrated Chipset
Data
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4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
5x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Data
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8x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (2.5Gbps)
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Network
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2x Ethernet (10Gbps)
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2x HDMI 2.1
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Audio
7x Audio Jack
1x Optical Audio
Audio
1x Audio Jack
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GPU Ports
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
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460W
750W
1280W
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No Battery
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No Battery
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Windows
macOS 13 Ventura
Build Material
Plastic, Steel
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Air CPU Cooler
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Height
510 mm (20.1 in)
Width
225 mm (8.9 in)
Depth
529 mm (20.8 in)
Volume
60.70 L
Height
528 mm (20.8 in)
Width
218 mm (8.6 in)
Depth
450 mm (17.7 in)
Volume
51.76 L
Weight
15.5 kg (34.2 lb)
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Weight
16.874 kg (37.2 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Storage Slots
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2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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1x 3.5" Bay
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Memory Slots
4x DIMM
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1x PCIe 4.0 x16
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1x PCIe 3.0 x4
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4x PCIe 4.0 x8
2x PCIe 4.0 x16
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