If you ’re wonder just how much more powerful Apple ’s M1 processor can get , a new report advise we ’re going to find out with the release of the iMac Pro , the bigger interpretation of the24 - column inch M1 iMac .
harmonise to atweetby Dylandkt , the iMac Pro is get a processor that drop dead “ beyond M1 Max . ” His tweet states that there will be a 12 - core configuration to better suit the pros that the new Mac is target . The M1 Max presently tops out at 10 cores ( 8 functioning and 2 efficiency ) .
Dylan does n’t ply item on how those 12 effect are allocated , but since it ’s a pro Mac , it ’s potential we could get a crisp with 10 public presentation Congress of Racial Equality and 2 efficiency heart and soul . Apple already has an 8 - core edition of the M1 Pro , but the M1 Max is only usable with a 10 - magnetic core CPU . It ’s not clear if Apple has turn off two of the core in the current M1 Max or if the iMac Pro will have a new architecture . Since cooling is n’t as much of an progeny in the stationary iMac , Apple could have a new chipset planned .
In a latertweet , Dylan supply that “ low configuration options will still be available for those who do n’t need as much public presentation , ” which we ’re assuming means there will be iMac Pro models with an M1 Pro or a 10 - core M1 Max processor like current MacBook Pro role model .
On Sunday , Dylankttweetedthat the iMac Pro could be released this spring , but Apple has concerns about its production . However , it ’s almost certainly arrive this yr according to rumour , with theworst case scenariobeing that its release is labor to September . Pricing will presumably be in note with the MacBook Pro , which starts at $ 1,999 , thought the 12 - heart and soul M1 Max option will likely be much high-pitched .
A 12 - core iMac Pro seems like an ideal fit that occupy a gap between the M1 Max and the bruit processor for the extremist - high - ending Mac Pro . Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurmanreportedlast May that the Mac Pro could have a mainframe starting with 20 processing effect ( 16 performance cores , 4 efficiency ) , with options up to 40 Congress of Racial Equality .
