Apart from the big new products, the Apple event “Peek Performance” also had some exciting news to offer. In addition to the new color variant “Green” for the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini and “Alpine Green” for the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, the new AMD Radeon Pro W6600X for the Mac Pro was presented.
Two new colors for the iPhone 13 series
The iPhone 13 mini (test) and the iPhone 13 in the slightly darker shade of “green” as well as the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max (test) in the slightly lighter “alpine green” can be pre-ordered from March 11th at the same prices should be available a week later, on March 18th.
This means buyers can choose from a total of six colors for the current iPhone 13 (mini), while five options are offered for the iPhone 13 Pro (Max).
2,048 shaders and 8GB as an option for the Mac Pro
Like the previously available AMD graphics options Radeon Pro W6800X, W6900X and W6800X Duo, the Navi2X graphics processor produced in TSMC’s N7P for the new Radeon Pro W6600X workstation graphics card is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and has 32 compute units and 2,048 in this configuration Stream processors and 8 GB of GDDR6 graphics memory.
In the available configurations for the Mac Pro, which, in addition to a version of the Mac mini, is the last product series that still relies on an Intel processor, the Radeon Pro W6600X ranks between the W5500X (24 CUs) and W5700X (40 CUs) in the portfolio.
- Radeon Pro W6800X Duo, 7,680 Shaders, 64GB GDDR6
- Radeon Pro W6900X, 5120 shaders, 32GB GDDR6
- Radeon Pro W6800X, 3840 Shaders, 32GB GDDR6
- Radeon Pro W5700X, 2560 Shaders, 16GB GDDR6
- Radeon Pro W6600X, 2048 Shaders, 8GB GDDR6 [Neu]
- Radeon Pro W5500X, 1536 Shaders, 8GB GDDR6
The 32 GB AMD Infinity Cache and the other specifications reveal behind the new Radeon Pro W6600X a professional Radeon RX 6600 XT (test) with a Navi 23 XT graphics processor for content creators. Apple and AMD declare the W6600X the solution for 8K video editing with HDR.
The 8 to 28 CPU cores are still provided by Intel with its Xeon W, which supports 32 GB to 1.5 TB DDR4 memory with a transfer rate of up to 2,933 MT/s.
After the presentation of the new Mac Studio with M1 Max and M1 Ultra, the Mac Pro is the last product family that still relies entirely on Intel CPUs. The switch to Apple Silicon is almost complete.
New accessories for the Mac
Apple also presented new accessories for the Mac as part of the event or added them to the shop. New features include the 1.8 meter long Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable for 149 eurosthe Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numeric keypad with black keys for 205 eurosas well as the black Magic Trackpad for 155 euros and the also black Magic Mouse for 109 euros.
With the new colors, the range of accessories for Mac adapts more visually to the new MacBook Pro 14 inches (test) and 16 inches.
Discontinued Products
With the launch of the Mac Studio, Apple removed the Intel-based 27-inch iMac from the range, so that from now on only the new 24-inch M1 model is available. Apple also does not seem to be preparing a successor for the iMac Pro after yesterday’s keynote announcement that the Mac Pro was the last product that still had to be converted to Apple Silicon.
In addition to the Mac Pro, there is another Intel product in the range: the Mac mini. This computer can still be ordered with the ancient Core i5-8500B and Core i7-8700B (Coffee Lake). The two advantages of this variant are the optional RAM of up to 32 GB or 64 GB, while the M1 model is limited to 16 GB, and the four instead of two Thunderbolt 3 ports.