On Monday, Intel held its annual conference called Fall Desktop Launch Event v New YorkAt this event, the "blue" chip manufacturer showed off new desktop processors from the Intel Core i9 and Intel Xeon lines, including a 28-core Xeon, which is designed primarily for professional users who know what to do with performance.onem. This processor could appear in the new Mac Pro, which should outperform the one introduced last year. iMac Pro. Why? A more suitable candidate does not exist at the moment and probably will not exist for a while.
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The specific name of the processor that could be part of the new Mac Pro is the Intel Xeon W-3175X. As we said at the beginning, this processor has 28 cores (56 threads) and is primarily designed for the smooth running of the most professional applications. The clock speed of the processor is set to 3,1 GHz by default, but in boost mode the clock speed could climb up to a hard-to-believable 4,3 GHz. According to Intel, the Xeon W-3175X is equipped with a six-channel DDR4 memory controller that supports up to 512 GB of memory. For the fact that it is one of the most powerful processors from Intel, its TDP value is only 265 Watts, which is quite low.
This is what the current one looks like Mac Pro:
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He started already in 2016 Apple suggest that he is working on a completely new, modular Mac Pro. According to various information and leaks, we should have seen this Apple computer at the end of 2018, but most likely the new Mac Pro will see the light of day only at the beginning of 2019. If you would like this Mac Pro If you want to buy one, prepare to spend a lot of money. The price of the Intel processor alone, which could be in the new Mac, could be in the thousands of dollars.
Only 265 watts? Do you have any idea what TDP the Xeons have, for example, in the iMac Pro and how big the coolers are needed to cool the 265 watt CPU?
when apple "can" cool a real 60-70W i9 in the MBP using a 50g cooler, so why wouldn't a 265W CPU and 250W graphics fit in Mac Pro a few liters in volume
So, on the one hand, I dwell on the word only for a value twice as large as it is.
But otherwise you have a good point, he can't cool the cooler in the MBP i9. But there it is a compromise, because it is a notebook where weight and dimensions play a role. If they want to give a desktop with a 265 watt CPU as much throttle as possible, then why not. :D
I would like to add that this xeon is the best from intel, not from the competition, and that this processor is intended for servers, not workstations. To the servers of apple are miniMacy's in the rack.
This processor is for plebs workstations. 28 cores will not use any graphics (2D/3D), audio nor video software, not even in the foreseeable future of 4 years. Current software is functional and programmers are comfortable (if it works why try). 12/16 core is ideal. A higher number is detrimental and will unnecessarily raise the price of the Mac Pro to sky-high heights (the CPU only costs 3000 USD). A dual version for the desktop is unthinkable, because it can only be cooled with a large water cooler (which takes up space) and the power supply would have to have at least 1500W so that I could then add two powerful GPUs.
512 GB of Ram can also be used by competitor AMD, but this is not as important information as how many PCie lines can be used. absolutely essential information if you want to have a fast disk array on nvme and use a powerful GPU without a brake. And xeon has 4 lines more than AMD (68 vs 64), but Xeon only has 24 lines for PCie 3.0 and Threadripper has all 64 lines for PCie 3.0. As a result, it has an almost 60% higher throughput. The greater the throughput, the greater the multidirectionality of both data. Those who have more than two powerful GPUs + Raid Nvme will feel the most.
While the model rendering task will run just as fast on 12 cores as on 28 cores. Otherwise 512GB Ram with ECC costs around $3 ;-)
So it's too early to talk about what the MacPro will have as a cpu, although I think it will have three rows of 8/12/16 core i9 and dual is probably just my wet dream :-)
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