Apple’s Mac Pro was introduced in 2019, and updates normally come out in increments—new graphics choices right here, SSD module upgrades, there, etcetera. However the Mac Professional will endure a serious replace when Apple releases its personal System on a Chip (SoC) for the workstation. This text retains observe of the reported updates for the Mac Professional, so return to this web page to maintain updated with what may very well be coming.

2022 Mac Professional: The newest rumors

April 14, 2022: Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that  Apple is testing a Mac Professional with a “successor to the M1 Extremely,” with the codename J180. It’s presumed that this Mac Professional will debut at WWDC22.

March 11, 2022: An unverified Twitter account for analyst Ming-Chi Kuo states {that a} Mac Professional will ship in 2023. He doesn’t provide specifics, nevertheless. It’s potential Apple might reveal the Mac Professional at WWDC in June after which say it gained’t ship till the start of the yr, although that’s an extended hole between reveal and delivery than Apple normally has.

February 6, 2022: In his PowerOn publication, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman acknowledged that “a number of new Macs” can be revealed at WWDC22 in June, although he doesn’t state particularly what Mac fashions can be launched. It’s potential that that occasion might embody the Mac Professional. Gurman additionally that “no less than one new Mac” may very well be unveiled on the rumored March 8 occasion for the brand new iPhone SE however we don’t suppose it’s the Mac Professional, which is extra fitted to a WWDC reveal.

August 1, 2021: In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says a “revamped, smaller Mac Professional with Apple Silicon” is because of arrive “later subsequent yr.”

July 26, 2021: In response to yuuki_ans on Twitter, Apple might launch a Mac Professional that makes use of Intel Ice Lake Xeon W-3300 workstation processors in 2022.

July 23, 2021: 9to5Mac reports that Apple is engaged on a new Professional Show with an A13 Bionic processor.

2022 Mac Professional: Design and sizes

The present Mac Professional design was launched in 2019 however we might see some modifications when Apple unveils the Mac Professional with Apple silicon. In response to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Mac Professional that makes use of Apple’s personal SoC can be “half the dimensions” of the present Mac Professional, have an aluminum case, and will remind individuals of the Power Mac G4 Cube.

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Gurman additionally experiences that Apple gained’t discontinue the present Mac Professional design and that the corporate will replace it with Intel processors. This mannequin can be obtainable together with new Apple SoC Mac Professional.

2022 Mac Professional: Apple silicon

In response to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Apple silicon Mac Professional may very well be obtainable with 20 or 40 computing cores, with 16 efficiency cores and 4 effectivity cores within the former (Apple’s codename for this SoC is Jade 2C-Die), and 32 efficiency cores and eight effectivity cores within the latter (codename Jade 4C-Die). Should you take into account that the rumored 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro might have a 10-core SoC with eight efficiency cores and two effectivity cores, might or not it’s potential that Apple is taking the MacBook Professional SoC and putting in two or 4 of them within the Mac Professional? We’ll have to attend and see.

For the quick time period, Apple goes to have each Intel processors and Apple silicon obtainable within the Mac Professional. No particulars on what Intel processors Apple can be upgrading to have been launched.

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2022 Mac Professional: Intel silicon

Whereas Apple has promised to transition to its personal silicon inside two years, Tim Prepare dinner has additionally promised to proceed supporting Macs with Intel chips as nicely. With the Mac Professional, that would imply an up to date mannequin with new processors.

In response to yuuki_ans on Twitter, Apple might launch a Mac Professional that makes use of Intel Ice Lake Xeon W-3300 workstation processors in 2022. Yuuki_ans has tweeted correct leaks up to now however doesn’t present data on how this Mac Professional suits in with Apple’s silicon technique.

After Brendan Shanks on Twitter noticed references to Intel’s Ice Lake processors within the Xcode 13 beta, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman confirmed that “Apple has certainly been engaged on an replace to the Intel Mac Professional.” We assume that may be a mannequin with the prevailing design however a quicker processor and probably replace graphics.

2022 Mac Professional: Graphics

The Apple silicon Mac Professional will use the graphics on the SoC as a substitute of graphics playing cards by AMD, according to Gurman. The graphics might have 64 or 128 processing cores—that’s an enormous enhance from the eight graphics cores in Apple’s M1 SoC used within the Mac mini, 24-inch iMac, MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Professional.

The Intel-based Mac Professional fashions will proceed to make use of AMD graphics, however no experiences have surfaced that cowl what potential upgrades are in retailer if any. Nor do we all know how lengthy Apple will proceed to promote non-Apple silicon Macs.

2022 Mac Professional: RAM and specs

The present Intel Mac Professional provides as much as 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC reminiscence in 12 user-accessible DIMM slots, however the unified memory in the M1 Macs is quite different. The RAM isn’t simply soldered onto the motherboard on the M1 MacBook and iMac—it’s constructed instantly into the chip, making it quicker and extra environment friendly. We don’t know if Apple will take the same strategy with the Mac Professional, nevertheless. The customers who need such a machine demand customization choices that MacBook and Mac mini customers don’t essentially want, so it’s potential that Apple provides slots just like the Macs of outdated.

However extra possible is a dramatic rethinking of what a Professional desktop is. The unified reminiscence is a giant a part of what makes the M1 Macs so quick, however tying the reminiscence to the chip would drive up the acquisition worth considerably. The Mac Professional already begins at $5,999, however in case you purchase RAM via Apple it might add as a lot as $14,000 to the value. So if Apple doesn’t enable aftermarket reminiscence, it’s additionally prone to restrict the build-to-order choices at checkout.

Apple at present provides as much as 8TB of storage within the Mac Professional, and we count on the storage choices to stay the identical. The ports possible gained’t change both, as Apple already provides 4 USB ports (two Thunderbolt 3 and two USB 3) and a pair of ehernet ports. Nonetheless, the Mac Professional has eight PCIe x16-sized slots that assist many various kinds of PCIe playing cards, so you possibly can simply add extra ports. We assume Apple will enable enlargement slots on an M1 Mac Professional, however compatibility is a query.

2022 Mac Professional: Professional Show

When Apple launched the Mac Professional in 2019, it had an expensive companion to go together with it: a $5,000 Professional Show XDR with an non-obligatory $1,000 stand. And it appears to be like like Apple could also be engaged on a brand new one which may be much more costly. 9to5Mac reported in late July that Apple is engaged on a brand new professional Show with an A13 Bionic processor inside that “will possible be a brand new mannequin to interchange the present Professional Show XDR sooner or later.” A show with a devoted processor might convey enhanced graphics, Face ID, or always-on Siri assist. However contemplating it would prone to linked to an extremely highly effective laptop, it’s unclear what Apple has up its sleeve.

2022 Mac Professional: Value and launch

The present Mac Professional begins at $5,999 and we assume the Apple silicon-based Mac Professional will follow that common worth level. Apple’s M1 Mac costs haven’t fluctuated a lot from their Intel predecessors, so the brand new Mac Professional will nearly definitely be a super-high-end machine for professionals. Rumors say it would arrive someday in 2022, with Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reporting in late summer time {that a} redesigned mannequin will arrive just below Apple’s two-year Apple Silicon transition wire. We wouldn’t be stunned to see a preview at WWDC 2022, which was the place the 2019 and 2013 fashions had been launched, with delivery later within the yr.