Apple has announced updates for its Mac Pro with new graphics card modules, featuring the AMD Radeon Pro W6000 series alternatives. The business has stated the Radeon Pro W6800X MPX Module, Radeon Pro W6800X Duo MPX Module, and Radeon Pro W6900X MPX module would enhance functionality in the course of graphics-heavy tasks the Mac Pro is made about. The company’s continued help of the Mac Pro by supplying new GPU alternatives for the custom Mac Pro Expansion Module (MPX) is also a sign of its commitment to the new, modular style.
The new graphics cards have been 1st announced by AMD in June. It had promised that the W6800 would make functionality up to 79 per cent more quickly compared to the prior generation. Now, Apple has claimed that, in specific situations, GPUs in the MPX can be up to 84 per cent more quickly with Octane X and up to 23 per cent more quickly when operating DaVinci Resolve.
The GPU modules each and every come with an more 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports and an HDMI 2. port.
Radeon Pro W6800X MPX Module is offered with 32GB of GDDR6 memory that delivers up to 512GB/second memory bandwidth and up to 16. teraflops of single-precision or 32. teraflops of half-precision computing. The cost in India is set at Rs 2,40,000.
Radeon Pro W6800X Duo MPX Module is offered with two linked GPUs, each and every of which has 32GB of GDDR6 memory that delivers up to 512GB/second memory bandwidth as properly as 30.2 teraflops of single-precision or 60.4 teraflops of half-precision computing with the two modules installed at the exact same time. The cost in India is Rs 5,20,000.
Radeon Pro W6900X MPX Module, at Rs 5,60,000, comes equipped with 32GB of GDDR6 memory with up to 512GB/second memory bandwidth alongwith 22.2 teraflops of single-precision or 44.4 teraflops of half-precision computing.
Apple has also stated the new modules would replace the prior generation AMD Radeon Pro Vega II MPX Modules on the website’s configure-to-order alternatives as properly as standalone kits. Apple is also phasing out the AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo MPX Module and AMD Radeon Pro Vega II MPX Module, but will continue to give standalone kits for current shoppers.