Mac Pro (Mid 2010)

Essentials

Family: Mac Pro

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 10.6.4

Maximum OS: 10.7.3

Introduced: July 2010

Processor

CPU: Intel Xeon 5600 Series ("Gulftown")

CPU Speed: 2.8 GHz (3500-series "Bloomfield") or 2x2.4 GHz

CPU Cores: 4

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 4.8 GT/s (QPI)

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 64-bit

ROM: EFI

RAM Type: DDR3 ECC SDRAM

Minimum RAM Speed: 1066 MHz (see notes)

Onboard RAM: 0 MB

RAM slots: 4/8

Maximum RAM: 32/64 GB

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 256 kB per-core (1 MB total)

Level 3 Cache: 12 MB on-processor

Expansion Slots: 1 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, 2 PCI Express 2.0 x4 slots

Video

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5770 (16-lan

VRAM: 1 GB GDDR5

Max Resolution: all resolutions supported

Video Out: 2x Mini DisplayPort, DVI (dual link)

Storage

Hard Drive: 1 TB 7200 RPM

ATA Bus: Serial-ATA

Optical Drive: 32x/32x/32x/18x/18x/8x CD-RW/DVD±RW/DVD±R DL

Input/Output

USB: 5 (2.0)

Firewire800: 4

Audio Out: 2x stereo 24 bit mini, Optical TOSLINK, HDMI via Mini DisplayPort

Audio In: stereo 24 bit mini, Optical TOSLINK

Speaker: mono

Networking

Ethernet: 2x 10/100/1000Base-T

Airport Extreme: 802.11n

Bluetooth: 2.1+EDR

Miscellaneous

Power: 1440 Watts

Dimensions: 20.1" H x 8.1" W x 18.7" D

Weight: 39.9/41.2 lbs.

Notes

Machines with BTO 6-core "Gulftown" processors used 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory. The 3500-series "Bloomfield" CPUs had 8 MB of L3 cache.

Introduced in July 2010, The Mac Pro (Mid 2010) improved processor speed and GPU performance over the previous Mac Pro (Early 2009). It came in two highly-customizable configurations:

The Quad-Core model included a 4-core 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon 3500-series processor, 3 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and 1 GB of VRAM, for $2499 (3.2 GHz 4-core "Bloomfield" or 3.33 GHz 6-core "Gulftown" processors and up to 16 GB of RAM were available as Built-to-order options).
The 8-core model included two 4-core 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon 5600-series processors, 6 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and 1 GB of VRAM, for $3499 (2x2.66 and 2x2.93 GHz 6-core "Gulftown" processors and up to 32 GB of RAM were available as built-to-order options).

Built-to-order options for both models included up to 8 TB of storage (via four hard drive bays), an additional ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, a second 18x SuperDrive, and RAID and Fibre Channel PCI Express cards.

Picture Credits:
Apple, Inc.