Apple Mac Pro MD878LL/A 2.7 GHz 12-core 64 GB DDR3 1 TB PCIe Dual D500 3 GB GDDR5 Black

12-core Xeon workstation for professional workloads

The Apple Mac Pro MD878LL/A delivers a 2.7 GHz twelve-core Xeon E5-2697v2 processor with Hyper-Threading. Sixty-four gigabytes of 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC memory and 1 TB of PCIe-based flash storage provide capacity for large datasets. Dual AMD FirePro D500 graphics cards supply 6 GB total GDDR5 VRAM for multi-display configurations.

Replaces single-socket towers

The jump is worthwhile when applications scale across twenty-four threads and benefit from ECC memory integrity. Workloads limited to four to eight threads or reliant on single-thread frequency will not utilise the full core count. Buyers who need more storage than 1 TB or require a second GPU beyond the dual D500s should consider alternate platforms.

Sustained multi-threaded compute

The unified thermal core manages heat from the CPU and both GPUs during extended render or compute sessions. Memory bandwidth remains consistent across the four-channel DDR3 controller. GPU VRAM is fixed at 3 GB per card, limiting scene complexity in modern 3D pipelines.