Start your engines. All eight of them!
Up to 2x faster.
Eight-core processing power was once only top-of-the-line. Now it comes standard. This time around, performance is more phenomenal than ever — up to two times faster than the previous standard-configuration Mac Pro.1 And with the multicore technology enhancements of Mac OS X Leopard, the new Mac Pro is a force to be reckoned with.

More power with less power.
Inside the new Mac Pro is the latest technology from Intel: Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Harpertown” processors. These processors run at blazingly fast speeds up to 3.2GHz. Based on the new 45-nm Intel Core microarchitecture, they deliver amazing performance but still maintain outstanding energy efficiency.

Cache count.
A huge amount of L2 cache — 12MB per processor — keeps frequently used data and instructions close to the processor cores and improves overall performance. 6MB of cache is shared between pairs of processor cores, allowing an individual core to use all the available shared cache at any one time.

Built at full tilt.
With the fastest Xeon architecture available, the new Mac Pro features 1600MHz dual independent frontside buses. These 64-bit buses give each processor a direct connection to the system controller and deliver improved processor bandwidth of up to 25.6GB per second — 20 percent greater than the previous Mac Pro. With a new system architecture, speedier system buses, and fast 800MHz DDR2 fully buffered DIMM memory, Mac Pro memory throughput is up to 1.6 times faster than before.

Every Intel Xeon processor features an enhanced SSE4 SIMD engine. Capable of completing 128-bit vector computations in a single cycle, SSE4 is ideal for transforming large sets of data, such as applying a filter to an image or rendering a video effect.

Smarter memory.
The Mac Pro incorporates a 256-bit-wide, fully buffered memory architecture with Error Correction Code (ECC), which corrects single-bit errors and detects multiple-bit errors automatically. These features are especially important in mission-critical or compute-intensive environments. Apple designed a more stringent thermal specification for the Mac Pro FB-DIMMs, so the internal fans spin at slower speeds and keep the system quiet.

Specifications

Specs

• Processing
  

• 8-core:
  o Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors
  o 12MB of L2 cache per processor (each pair of cores shares 6MB)
  o 128-bit SSE4 SIMD engine
  o 64-bit data paths and registers
  o Energy efficiency optimization
  o 1600MHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses Memory
  

• Memory
  o 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory
  o Eight FB-DIMM slots on two memory riser cards (four slots per card) supporting up to 32GB of main memory
  o 256-bit-wide memory architecture
  o Graphics and displays
  

• Graphics and Displays
  o Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed:
  o ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
  o NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
  o NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port
  o Multiple graphics card configurations including two, three, or four ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT cards
  o 300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards
  o Support for up to eight 30-inch displays
  o Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels
  o Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels
  o DVI to VGA adapter included
  o Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring model
  

• Communications
  o Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
  o Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mb/s
  o Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking
  o Optional external Apple USB Modem (RJ-11)
  

• Storage
  o Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels; four internal hard drive carriers included
  o Up to 4TB of internal storage3 using hard drives in the following capacities:
  
• Hard drive bay 1
  o 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache
  o 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB cache
  o 300GB Serial Attached SCSI 3Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 16MB cache4
  
• Hard drive bay 2
  o 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB cache
  o 300GB Serial Attached SCSI 3Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 16MB cache4
  
• Hard drive bay 3
  o 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB cache
  o 300GB Serial Attached SCSI 3Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 16MB cache4
  
• Hard drive bay 4
  o 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  o 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB cache
  o 300GB Serial Attached SCSI 3Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 16MB cache4
  
  
• Optional Mac Pro RAID card with 256MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup5 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
  o Writes DVD+R and DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed
  o Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed
  o Writes DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
  o Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed
  o Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed
  o Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed
  o Reads CDs at up to 32x speed
  o One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive
  

• Electrical and environmental requirements
  o ENERGY STAR configurations available
  o Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)
  o Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz single phase
  o Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)
  o Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
  o Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)
  o Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  o Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet
  

• Peripherals and audio
  o Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
  o Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
  o Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
  o Two USB 2.0 ports on included keyboard
  o Front-panel headphone minijack and speaker
  o Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports
  o Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks
  

• PCI Express expansion
  o Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
  o One PCI Express 2.0×16 slot
  o Two PCI Express x4 slots
  o All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards
  o 300W combined maximum for all PCI Express slots
  

• Software
  o Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
  o iLife ’08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, and GarageBand)
  

• Size and weight
  o Height: 20.1 inches (51.1 cm)
  o Width: 8.1 inches (20.6 cm)
  o Depth: 18.7 inches (47.5 cm)
  o Weight (standard configuration): 42.4 pounds (19.2 kg)
  

• In the box
  o Mac Pro
  o Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse
  o DVI to VGA adapter
  o USB keyboard extension cable
  o Install/restore DVDs
  o Printed and electronic documentation