Apple Late 2013 Mac Pro 3.00 Ghz 8 Core/ 64GB RAM/ 1 TB FLASH /AMD FirePro D700
Configurable to 3.0GHz 8-core processor with 30MB L3 cache
Dual AMD FirePro D500 graphics processors with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
Stock Apple / Intel E5-2697 V2 12-core 2.70GHz Configuration:
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
The new Mac Pro also contains only a single fan. Located just below the top of the cylinder,
Apple sells two stock configurations of the 2013 Mac Pro, each running OS X 10.9 Mavericks
The Mac Pro’s Final Cut Pro X performance was especially impressive, as it finished our rendering test in half the time of the next-fastest Mac, and about a quarter of the time it took on two 2012 Mac Pros (a quad-core and a dual six-core). An Apple demonstration to
Macworld staff was likewise striking, as it involved Final Cut Pro X displaying 16 different angles of 4K Multicam video simultaneously, while live-rendering 4K video with multiple, complex effects applied. This demo was, of course, designed to show the Mac Pro in the best light, but it’s a demo few computers could do at all. Similarly, the user-run Final Cut Pro X site fcp.com
published its initial tests based on a Mac Pro similar to ours. In one test, the site put a Red Raw 4K clip in a 4K project and added 18 effects; the clip rendered and played in real time without dropping frames.
