Apple runs internal testing with the new Mac Pro. Mark Gorman, a Bloomberg journalist and Apple insider, reported this in his Power On newsletter. The company is currently testing a Mac Pro with 24 CPU cores and 192GB of memory. Apple will also ship Mac Pros with up to 48 cores.
Gorman writes in his newsletter Apple is testing different configurations of the new Mac Pro. According to the journalist, the company is actively testing a Mac Pro with 24 CPU cores, including 16 “performance cores” and 8 effective cores. According to Gurman, this desktop also has 76 GPU cores and 192 GB of memory. The device will run on macOS Ventura 13.3. The first version of macOS Ventura, 13.0, will be released on Monday, October 24.
The company will offer Mac Pro configurations with 24 or 48 CPU cores, 76 or 152 GPU cores and up to 256GB of memory, Gurman expects. The chips used are based on Apple’s M2 soc with 8 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores, which the company uses. Made earlier this year. Gurman previously stated that Apple is selling the Mac Pro from Will provide ‘M2 Ultra’ and ‘M2 Extreme’ chipsbut they did not share specific specifications.
Apple’s current Mac Pro dates back to the end of 2019 and still comes with Intel Xeon processors. Apple’s new Mac Pro desktop computers with proprietary chips are expected to appear in 2023 at the earliest. First, the company will present a new model of MacBook Pro 14 and 16, which will be equipped with M2 Pro and M2 Max processors. The company will also introduce a new Mac Mini with the “regular” M2 soc. These devices will be “expected in the coming months,” Gorman wrote.
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