O Mac Pro It is not yet equipped with Apple Silicon chip, but that should change soon. When that happens, the machine will not only have the processor, but a generous set of hardware in every way. We can wait for chip configurations 48 core M2, for example. That’s what the latest rumors tell us.
To be exact, the information comes from the newsletter Power Ongives Bloomberg. In it, Mark Gurman, who has a good track record on Apple’s releases, reports that the next Mac Pro will have two processor options.
The first is the supposed M2 Ultra, with 24 CPU cores and 76 graphics cores. The second, which he calls the M2 Extreme, will double these numbers, that is, it will have 48 cores, in addition to 152 GPU cores.
If both chips are confirmed by Apple, the Mac Pro will continue the tradition of offering impressive processing power. Just take into account that the “normal” Apple M2, a chip that is already quite powerful, has eight CPU cores and up to ten GPU cores.
Note, however, that the names “Ultra” and “Extreme” are guesswork. Gurman used them only to differentiate the two possible models.
It makes no sense for such powerful chips to be accompanied by modest amounts of RAM. That’s why the prediction that the future Mac Pro will have 256 GB of memory is very likely to be correct (not least because this option already exists in the current Mac Pro).
256GB RAM for more
Mark Gurman further reports that one of the configurations of the new Mac Pro that Apple is testing has an M2 chip with 24 CPU cores and 76 graphics cores. The operating system is macOS Ventura 13.3 (version not yet publicly released).
To top it off, Gurman claims that this machine also has 192GB of RAM. This aspect suggests that Apple is testing various configurations. The 192 and 256 GB options would just appear as… options.
I won’t be surprised at all if greater capacities become available, after all, the current Mac Pro can boast up to 1.5 TB of RAM.
Just no buzz about the storage capacity. But have no doubt that the machine will bring options in the terabyte range.
New Mac Mini and MacBook Pro are on the way
It is possible that the Mac Pro with M2 will be announced later this year, but it is more likely that this will not happen until 2023. In fact, there is more chance that the Mac Mini with M2 and the new MacBooks Pro arrive in 2022.
Based on Apple’s release history for the Mac family, we can bet on the announcement of these last two lines between November and January. Let’s keep an eye out.
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