Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) vs Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)

Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) $6,999

Apple Power Mac G5

Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)

Base Price (MSRP) $6,999	Base Price (MSRP) -
CPU M2 Ultra (24C60G)	CPU PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz
GPU 60-Core M2 Ultra	GPU GeForce 6600 LE Mac
Memory 64GB	Memory 512MB
Storage 1TB	Storage 160GB
Display - - -	Display - - -

Highlights

Tech Specs

CPU


M2 Ultra (24C60G) 24 Cores 24 Threads 3.5GHz Clock	PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz 2 Cores 2 Threads 2GHz Clock
GB6S 2,700 67% GB6M 21,150 79%	GB6S N/A 0% GB6M N/A 0%

M2 Ultra (24C60G) vs PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz Full Specs Comparison

GPU


60-Core M2 Ultra 7680 Shaders 1398MHz Shared Memory	GeForce 6600 LE Mac 4 Shaders 300MHz 128MB DDR 6.4GB/s Bandwidth
N/A 0% 21.47 TFLOPS FP32 43%	N/A 0% N/A 0%

60-Core M2 Ultra vs GeForce 6600 LE Mac Full Specs Comparison

Memory


64GB LPDDR5-6400	512MB DDR2-533
248 Tabs 49%	Unknown # Tabs 0%

Storage


1TB Soldered PCIe 4.0 x4 Up to 5GB/s	160GB 3.5" SATA 1 -
1,978 min 4K Video 49%	250 min 4K Video 6%

Optical Drive


No Optical Drive	16x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading
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Keyboard

Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Mouse

Magic Mouse

Mighty Mouse

Controller

Not Included

Not Included

Stylus

Not Included

Not Included

Biometrics

No Biometrics

No Biometrics

Speakers

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Microphones

No Microphones

No Microphones

Cellular


No Cellular	No Cellular

Connectivity


Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) 2 Stream Up to 2400Mbps	No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3	Bluetooth 2.0

Sensors

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Chipset

Integrated Chipset

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Ports


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-	GPU Ports 1x DVI-I 1x DVI-I Dual-Link

Power Supply


1280W	450W 550W

Charger


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Battery

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Operating System

macOS 13 Ventura	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
	Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest)

Enclosure


Build Material Aluminum - -	Build Material Aluminum - -
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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 22.135 kg (48.8 lb) - - - -

Upgradability

CPU Not Upgradable	CPU Not Upgradable
GPU Not Upgradable	GPU Not 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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Info

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