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How powerful is the IMAC Pro IMAC pro in the history of Apple's release

4hw.org: Apple recently held the WWDC world developer conference. Originally, the conference should be a carnival of systems and software. Who would have thought that apple, which didn't play by common sense, released the most powerful IMAC pro in history? How powerful is this computer? Let's have a look!

In the early morning of June 6, it was reported that WWDC 2017, which was originally the keynote of the software, was captured by the strongest IMAC pro in history.

Today, apple brings a new IMAC pro. In Apple's words, this IMAC Pro is packed with advanced workstation level hardware configuration in a narrow space. Its processor is equipped with 8-core Intel Xeon as standard. In addition, there are 10 cores and the highest configurable 18 core 36 threads. The second level cache capacity is doubled and the AVX instruction set width is doubled.

In addition, it is also equipped with the new AMD radeon Vega graphics card, 16GB hbm2 graphics memory, 2048 bit width, and 32-bit floating-point performance up to 11tflops. The memory is also very powerful, 32GB ddr4-2666 is standard, ECC is supported, and the maximum capacity is 128GB; 1TB SSD is standard for hard disk, 4tb is maximum, and dual hard disk is optional.

Other aspects include 802.11ac Wi Fi and Bluetooth 4.2, 10GbE 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Double lightning 3 controller, four lightning 3 interfaces, uhs-ii SD card reader; 1080p FaceTime camera, f2.2 aperture, four beamforming microphones.

Apple said that IMAC Pro can play real-time 3D rendering, high frame rate immersive VR, complex simulation and analysis, machine learning development, real-time 4K video and audio effects, and faster code compilation. The product starts at $4999, or about $34008, and will go on sale in December.

In addition, apple finally updated the IMAC product line this time. There was no obvious change in the shape. It was still 21.5 inch and 27 inch versions. Apple said that IMAC still uses the best display in the world, with a brightness of 500nits and support for 10 bit color gamut.

The new IMAC is equipped with seven generations of core processors. The 21.5-inch version can be equipped with up to 32GB of memory, and the 27 inch version can be equipped with up to 64GB of memory. The 27 inch version is equipped with fusion drive as standard, with a speed increase of 50% compared with the previous generation and a maximum capacity of 2TB;

The 21.5-inch version does not come with a fusion drive as standard, only the high-end model. In the aspect of graphics card, the 21.5-inch version is equipped with Intel iris plus graphics 640 core graphics card, the 21.5-inch 4K version is equipped with the radeon Pro 555 / 560 single display, with the display memory capacity of 4GB; the 27 inch 5K version is equipped with the radeon Pro 570 / 575 / 580 single display, with the display memory capacity of 8GB. In terms of interface, in addition to four USB, it also provides two lightning 3 interfaces, of course, network cable, SD card and headphone interface are also indispensable.

In terms of price, the 21.5-inch version starts at $1099 (about $7476), the 21.5-inch 4K version starts at $1499 (about $10197), and the 27 inch 5K version starts at $1799 (about $12238).

Apple said it had cut the price of its IMAC series this time, the first time the 4K version had been so cheap. In addition to the IMAC price reduction, the hardware configuration of the new version of MacBook Pro is slightly upgraded, and the MacBook price is also adjusted to 1299 US dollars, about 8837 yuan.