

Note that the 8-core processor in the base model, operates memory at 2666MHz and the 12-core to 28-core processors operate memory at 2933MHz supporting six-channel memory with up to 140GB/s memory bandwidth. Check out this table… List of Cascade Lake W-based Processors However, the pricing for these is a clear step up from the Desktop grade processors and as we found in our research, it is these server grade processors that are in the new Mac Pro and the similar top end Windows machines. However people looking for high-performance computers are turning more and more to server-grade processors to provide the performance. Server grade computers - this seems to be a relatively new grouping of processors although they have probably been around for a while, they were only of interest to people building servers.
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But note especially in Apple ranges, so called portable processors find their way into desktop products like the Mac Mini and the iMac.ĭesktop processors - these are the kind of processors we see in our desktop computers.

Portable - the type of processors where power consumption is critical. What was also interesting from our research is that there are 3 distinct groups of processors now… In our research on the processors Apple will be using for the new Mac Pro we learnt that they are brand new Intel processors that Intel announced the day after the Apple Keynote.
