Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) vs Mac Pro (Mid 2012)

Apple Mac Studio

Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) $3,999

Mac Pro (Mid 2012) $2,999

Base Price (MSRP) $3,999	Base Price (MSRP) $2,999
CPU M2 Ultra (24C60G)	CPU Xeon W3565
GPU 60-Core M2 Ultra	GPU Radeon HD 5770 Mac
Memory 64GB	Memory 6GB
Storage 1TB	Storage 512GB
Display - - -	Display - - -

Highlights

Tech Specs

CPU


M2 Ultra (24C60G) 24 Cores 24 Threads 3.5GHz Clock	Xeon W3565 4 Cores 8 Threads 3.2GHz Clock
GB6S 2,700 67% GB6M 21,150 79%	GB6S 485 12% GB6M 1,675 6%

M2 Ultra (24C60G) vs Xeon W3565 Full Specs Comparison

GPU


60-Core M2 Ultra 7680 Shaders 1398MHz Shared Memory	Radeon HD 5770 Mac 800 Shaders 850MHz 1GB GDDR5 76.8GB/s Bandwidth
N/A 0% 21.47 TFLOPS FP32 43%	N/A 0% 1.36 TFLOPS FP32 3%

60-Core M2 Ultra vs Radeon HD 5770 Mac Full Specs Comparison

Memory


64GB LPDDR5-6400	6GB DDR3-1333
248 Tabs 49%	16 Tabs 3%

Storage


1TB Soldered PCIe 4.0 x4 Up to 5GB/s Read	512GB 2.5" SATA 2 Up to 190MB/s Read
1,978 min 4K Video 49%	954 min 4K Video 24%

Optical Drive


No Optical Drive	18x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading
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Keyboard

Not Included

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Mouse

Not Included

Magic 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	Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 3 Stream Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3	Bluetooth 2.1

Sensors

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Chipset

Integrated Chipset

X58

Ports


Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps) -	Data - - - - - - - - - - - 5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - -
Network - - - - - 1x Ethernet (10Gbps) -	Network - - 2x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - -
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Audio 1x Audio Jack -	Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio
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-	GPU Ports 1x DVI-I Dual-Link 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1

Power Supply


370W	980W

Charger


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Battery

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Operating System

macOS 13 Ventura	Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Windows
	macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest) Windows 10 (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 3.583 kg (7.9 lb) - - - -	Weight 18.098 kg (39.9 lb) - - - -

Upgradability

CPU Not Upgradable	CPU Upgradable
GPU Not Upgradable	GPU 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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EMC8292

Mac14,14

A1289

EMC 2629

MacPro5,1

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