Mac Pro (Early 2009) vs Mac Pro (Mid 2012)

Mac Pro (Early 2009) $2,499
Mac Pro (Mid 2012) $2,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,499
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,999
CPU
Xeon W3520
CPU
Xeon W3565
GPU
GeForce GT 120 Mac
GPU
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
Memory
3GB
Memory
6GB
Storage
640GB
Storage
512GB
Display
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CPU Image
Xeon W3520
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.66GHz Clock
CPU Image
Xeon W3565
4 Cores
8 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Xeon W3520 vs Xeon W3565 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
GeForce GT 120 Mac
32 Shaders
500MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.6GB/s Bandwidth
GPU Image
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
800 Shaders
850MHz
1GB GDDR5
76.8GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
90 GFLOPS FP32
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N/A
0%
1.36 TFLOPS FP32
3%
GeForce GT 120 Mac vs Radeon HD 5770 Mac Full Specs Comparison
3GB
DDR3-1066
6GB
DDR3-1333
4 Tabs
1%
16 Tabs
3%
640GB
3.5"
SATA 2
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512GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s
1,210 min 4K Video
30%
954 min 4K Video
24%
18x SuperDrive DL
Tray Loading
18x SuperDrive DL
Tray Loading
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Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Mighty Mouse
Magic Mouse
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Not Included
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Microphones
No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
No Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
Bluetooth 2.1
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Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.0
GPU Ports
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
980W
980W
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Aluminum
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Height
511 mm (20.1 in)
Width
206 mm (8.1 in)
Depth
475 mm (18.7 in)
Volume
49.89 L
Height
511 mm (20.1 in)
Width
206 mm (8.1 in)
Depth
475 mm (18.7 in)
Volume
49.89 L
Weight
18.098 kg (39.9 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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2x 5.25" Bay
4x 3.5" Bay
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2x 5.25" Bay
4x 3.5" Bay
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Memory Slots
8x DIMM
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Memory Slots
8x DIMM
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A1289
EMC 314
MacPro4,1
A1289
EMC 2629
MacPro5,1
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