Mac Studio (M2 Max, Mid 2023) vs Power Mac G5 (Early 2005)

Apple Mac Studio

Mac Studio (M2 Max, Mid 2023) $1,999

Apple Power Mac G5

Power Mac G5 (Early 2005)

Base Price (MSRP) $1,999	Base Price (MSRP) -
CPU M2 Max (12C30G)	CPU 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz
GPU 30-Core M2 Max	GPU GeForce 6800 Ultra
Memory 32GB	Memory 512MB
Storage 512GB	Storage 160GB
Display No Display	Display No Display

Tech Specs

CPU


M2 Max (12C30G) 12 Cores 12 Threads 3.66GHz Clock	2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz 1 Core 1 Thread 2GHz Clock
GB6S 2,825 70% GB6M 14,800 55%	N/A 0% N/A 0%

GPU


30-Core M2 Max 3840 Shaders 1398MHz Shared Memory	GeForce 6800 Ultra 16 Shaders 400MHz 512MB GDDR3 33.6GB/s Bandwidth
N/A 0% FP32 10.74 TFLOPS 21%	N/A 0% N/A 0%

Memory


32GB LPDDR5-6400	512MB DDR-400
120 Tabs 24%	Unknown # Tabs 0%

Storage


512GB Soldered PCIe 4.0 x4 Up to 3GB/s Read	160GB 3.5" SATA 1 7200RPM
954 min 4K Video 24%	250 min 4K Video 6%

Optical Drive


No Optical Drive	16x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading
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Display


No Display - -	No Display - -
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Cameras

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Keyboard

Not Included

Apple Keyboard

Mouse

Not Included

Apple Mouse

Controller

Not Included

Not Included

Stylus

Not Included

Not Included

Biometrics

No Biometrics

No Biometrics

Speakers

1

1

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 3 (802.11g) 1 Stream Up to 54Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3	Bluetooth 1.1
	56K Modem

Sensors

No Sensors - - - -	No Sensors - - - -
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Chipset

Integrated Chipset

Integrated Chipset

Ports


Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - 2x USB-C 3.1 (10Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps) -	Data - - - - - - - - - - - 3x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - 2x FireWire 400 1x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - -
Network - - - - - 1x Ethernet (10Gbps) -	Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - -
Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.1 - -	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Audio 1x Audio Jack -	Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio
Card 1x SDXC Card UHS-II -	- - -
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-	GPU Ports 2x DVI-I Dual-Link

Power Supply


370W	450W 600W

Charger


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Battery

No Battery - - - -	No 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 94 mm (3.7 in) Width 196 mm (7.7 in) Depth 196 mm (7.7 in) Volume 3.59 L	Height 511 mm (20.1 in) Width 206 mm (8.1 in) Depth 475 mm (18.7 in) Volume 49.89 L
Weight 2.676 kg (5.9 lb) - - - -	Weight 20.14 kg (44.4 lb) - - - -

Upgradability

CPU Not Upgradable	CPU Not Upgradable
GPU Not Upgradable	GPU Not Upgradable
Memory Not Upgradable	Memory Upgradable
Storage Not 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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