Apple Mac Pro “12-Core” 3.3 (2019) Specs

The 2019 Mac Pro represented Apple’s triumphant return to a truly expandable, professional caliber Mac after the ill-fated cylinder design that preceded it. In many respects, the 2019 Mac Pro line is among the most expandable Macs that Apple ever has released. With twelve RAM slots and eight PCIe slots, it promised amazing potential for professional users.

Specifically, this model — the Mac Pro “12-Core” 3.3 (2019) — is powered by a single 3.3 GHz Twelve Core Xeon W (3235) processor with Turbo Boost up to 4.4 GHz and 31.25 MB of cache. Numerous custom configurations were available, but the default option originally was equipped with 32 GB of RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and AMD Radeon Pro 580X graphics with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory (on March 8, 2022, Apple changed the default configuration to a 512 GB SSD and an AMD Radeon Pro W5500X with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory; this model could be a different default configuration or a BTO/CTO option, as well).

In its default configuration, connectivity includes two USB 3 ports (on a pre-installed Apple I/O card), four Thunderbolt 3 ports (two on the Apple I/O card and two on the top of the case), two HDMI 2.0 ports (on the video card), two 10Gb Ethernet ports and a 3.5 mm headphone jack with headset support in addition to 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0. Of course, additional connectivity can be added with PCIe expansion cards.