Apple is still testing an M2 Ultra Mac Pro refresh, but it's unclear when the desktop model will be released - here's what you need to know.
Published Dec 19th, 2022 9:53AM ESTIt’s late 2022, and Apple missed its self-imposed goal to transition all Macs from Intel to M-series chips in two years. The Mac Pro is one such model, as Apple is yet to release a version running on an M1 or M2 chip. A new report fromMark Gurman claims that Apple is still testing the Mac Pro with an M2 Ultra System-on-Chip inside. But the company has canceled the top-of-the-line SoC variant, which was unofficially called M2 Extreme.
The report notes that “multiple changes to its features, a significant shift in the company’s plans for high-end processors and a potential relocation of its manufacturing” delayed Apple’s launch plans for the Mac Pro. The Mac Pro should have featured an M2 Ultra variant. The SoC would feature 24 CPU cores, 76 GPU cores, and up to 192GB of RAM. The “M2 Extreme” variant would have paired two M2 Ultras. This would have doubled the CPU and GPU cores for even more impressive performance.However, the cost and complexity of producing a chip that’s “essentially four M2 Max chips fused together” convinced Apple to scrap the project. The M2 Extreme Mac Pro would have cost at least $10,000.
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