Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) vs Mac Pro (Early 2009)

Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) $6,999
Mac Pro (Early 2009) $2,499
Base Price (MSRP)
$6,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,499
CPU
M2 Ultra (24C60G)
CPU
Xeon W3520
GPU
60-Core M2 Ultra
GPU
GeForce GT 120 Mac
Memory
64GB
Memory
3GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
640GB

GB6 Single-Core

  • 6.59x faster vs Mac Pro (Early 2009)
  • 85% slower vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) - GB6S 2,700
x6.59
Mac Pro (Early 2009) - GB6S 410
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 14.95x faster vs Mac Pro (Early 2009)
  • 93% slower vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) - GB6M 21,150
x14.95
Mac Pro (Early 2009) - GB6M 1,415
x1

FP32

  • 238.56x faster vs Mac Pro (Early 2009)
  • 100% slower vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) - 21.47 TFLOPS FP32
x238.56
Mac Pro (Early 2009) - 90 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
M2 Ultra (24C60G)
24 Cores
24 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
CPU Image
Xeon W3520
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.66GHz Clock
M2 Ultra (24C60G) vs Xeon W3520 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
60-Core M2 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
GeForce GT 120 Mac
32 Shaders
500MHz
512MB GDDR3
25.6GB/s Bandwidth
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
43%
90 GFLOPS FP32
0%
60-Core M2 Ultra vs GeForce GT 120 Mac Full Specs Comparison
64GB
LPDDR5-6400
3GB
DDR3-1066
248 Tabs
49%
4 Tabs
1%
1TB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 5GB/s
640GB
3.5"
SATA 2
-
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
1,210 min 4K Video
30%
No Optical Drive
18x SuperDrive DL
Tray Loading
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
1
1
No Microphones
No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 2.1
Integrated Chipset
X58
Data
-
2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
-
8x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps)
Data
5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
4x FireWire 800
-
Network
-
2x Ethernet (10Gbps)
Network
2x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
Video
2x HDMI 2.1
-
-
Audio
1x Audio Jack
-
Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
-
GPU Ports
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.0
1280W
980W
macOS 13 Ventura
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
528 mm (20.8 in)
Width
218 mm (8.6 in)
Depth
450 mm (17.7 in)
Volume
51.76 L
Height
511 mm (20.1 in)
Width
206 mm (8.1 in)
Depth
475 mm (18.7 in)
Volume
49.89 L
Weight
16.874 kg (37.2 lb)
Weight
18.098 kg (39.9 lb)
CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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-
-
Storage Slots
2x 5.25" Bay
4x 3.5" Bay
-
-
Memory Slots
8x DIMM
Expansion Slots
-
-
1x PCIe 3.0 x4
4x PCIe 4.0 x8
2x PCIe 4.0 x16
Expansion Slots
2x PCIe 2.0 x4
2x PCIe 2.0 x16
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A2786
EMC 8163
Mac14,8
A1289
EMC 314
MacPro4,1
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