MacPro5,1
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)Mac Pro2010–2012EFI 64-bitno security chip
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
HD 5770 · Mid 2010
Quad-, 6-, 8- or 12-core Xeon · Radeon HD 5770
Untested0/20 tested
Boot0/3 passed
- Stock installer boots via 64-bit EFIUntested
- Internal storage detected and installation completesUntested
- Installed system starts, restarts and shuts down cleanlyUntested
Graphics0/2 passed
- Discrete GPU accelerationUntested
- External display outputUntested 0 of 2 port groupsback-2back-3back-4
Power0/1 passed
- Sleep and wakeUntested
Audio0/6 passed
- Built-in speakersUntested
- Headphone / analog audio outputUntested front-1back-13
- Line-in / analog audio inputUntested back-12
- Optical digital audio outputUntested back-11
- Optical digital audio inputUntested back-10
- Audio over HDMI / DisplayPortUntested
Networking0/3 passed
- Wi-FiUntested
- BluetoothUntested
- EthernetUntested back-14back-15
Ports0/2 passed
- USB-A portsUntested front-2front-3back-5back-6back-7
- FireWireUntested front-4front-5back-8back-9
- Port methodology
Storage0/1 passed
- Internal optical drive reads discsUntested
Thermal0/2 passed
- Temperature sensors report under loadUntested
- Fans respond to loadUntested
Hardware Configuration Detailsmacpro5-1-mid-2010-a
- CPU
- Xeon W3530 2.8 GHz · 4-core; Dual Xeon E5620 2.4 GHz · 8-core
BTO: Xeon W3565 3.2 GHz · 4-core; Xeon W3680 3.33 GHz · 6-core; Dual Xeon X5650 2.66 GHz · 12-core; Dual Xeon X5670 2.93 GHz · 12-core (Westmere-EP) - Memory
- 3 / 6 / 12 GB DDR3-1333 ECC · max 64 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB HDD · SATA · BTO 2 TB HDD, 512 GB SSD
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB) · OpenGL ES 3.1
pci:1002:68b8 - Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
pci:14e4:432b - Bluetooth
- Apple Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (USB 05ac:8215)
usb:05ac:8215 - Audio codec
- Realtek ALC889A
- Ethernet
- Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet (×2)
pci:8086:10f6 - Storage controller
- Intel ICH10 SATA controller
pci:8086:3a22 - FireWire controller
- Texas Instruments XIO2213 FireWire 800 controller
pci:104c:823f - Ports
- Line in (analog) · Optical digital audio in · 2× Headphone / line out (analog) · Optical digital audio out · DVI · 2× Gigabit Ethernet · 4× FireWire 800 · 2× Mini DisplayPort · 5× USB 2.0 (Type-A)
- Port layout
- Download drawing (SVG)
Port methodology - Back:1
back-1Power inlet2back-2Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)3back-3Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)4back-4DVI (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)5back-5USB 2.0 (Type-A)6back-6USB 2.0 (Type-A)7back-7USB 2.0 (Type-A)8back-8FireWire 8009back-9FireWire 80010back-10Optical digital audio in11back-11Optical digital audio out12back-12Line in (analog)13back-13Headphone / line out (analog) (line out)14back-14Gigabit Ethernet15back-15Gigabit Ethernet - Front:1
front-1Headphone / line out (analog) (headphone jack)2front-2USB 2.0 (Type-A)3front-3USB 2.0 (Type-A)4front-4FireWire 8005front-5FireWire 800
Numbered left to right as you face each side (top to bottom on a Mac Pro). Source: Apple manual - Back:1
- Features
- Built-in speaker(s) · Cooling fan · Internal optical drive · Audio over Mini DisplayPort / Thunderbolt
- Order no.
- MC250LL/A · MC560LL/A · MC561LL/A · MC915LL/A
MC915LL/A is Mac Pro Server (Mid 2010): same hardware with extra drives.
HD 5870 · Mid 2010
Xeon · Radeon HD 5870 (build to order)
build to order
Untested0/20 tested
Boot0/3 passed
- Stock installer boots via 64-bit EFIUntested
- Internal storage detected and installation completesUntested
- Installed system starts, restarts and shuts down cleanlyUntested
Graphics0/2 passed
- Discrete GPU accelerationUntested
- External display outputUntested 0 of 2 port groupsback-2back-3back-4
Power0/1 passed
- Sleep and wakeUntested
Audio0/6 passed
- Built-in speakersUntested
- Headphone / analog audio outputUntested front-1back-13
- Line-in / analog audio inputUntested back-12
- Optical digital audio outputUntested back-11
- Optical digital audio inputUntested back-10
- Audio over HDMI / DisplayPortUntested
Networking0/3 passed
- Wi-FiUntested
- BluetoothUntested
- EthernetUntested back-14back-15
Ports0/2 passed
- USB-A portsUntested front-2front-3back-5back-6back-7
- FireWireUntested front-4front-5back-8back-9
- Port methodology
Storage0/1 passed
- Internal optical drive reads discsUntested
Thermal0/2 passed
- Temperature sensors report under loadUntested
- Fans respond to loadUntested
Hardware Configuration Detailsmacpro5-1-mid-2010-hd5870
- CPU
- Xeon W3530 2.8 GHz · 4-core; Dual Xeon E5620 2.4 GHz · 8-core; Xeon W3565 3.2 GHz · 4-core; Xeon W3680 3.33 GHz · 6-core; Dual Xeon X5650 2.66 GHz · 12-core; Dual Xeon X5670 2.93 GHz · 12-core (Westmere-EP)
- Memory
- 3 / 6 / 12 GB DDR3-1333 ECC · max 64 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB HDD · SATA · BTO 2 TB HDD, 512 GB SSD
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1 GB) · OpenGL ES 3.1
pci:1002:6898 - Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
pci:14e4:432b - Bluetooth
- Apple Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (USB 05ac:8215)
usb:05ac:8215 - Audio codec
- Realtek ALC889A
- Ethernet
- Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet (×2)
pci:8086:10f6 - Storage controller
- Intel ICH10 SATA controller
pci:8086:3a22 - FireWire controller
- Texas Instruments XIO2213 FireWire 800 controller
pci:104c:823f - Ports
- Line in (analog) · Optical digital audio in · 2× Headphone / line out (analog) · Optical digital audio out · DVI · 2× Gigabit Ethernet · 4× FireWire 800 · 2× Mini DisplayPort · 5× USB 2.0 (Type-A)
- Port layout
- Download drawing (SVG)
Port methodology - Back:1
back-1Power inlet2back-2Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)3back-3Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)4back-4DVI (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)5back-5USB 2.0 (Type-A)6back-6USB 2.0 (Type-A)7back-7USB 2.0 (Type-A)8back-8FireWire 8009back-9FireWire 80010back-10Optical digital audio in11back-11Optical digital audio out12back-12Line in (analog)13back-13Headphone / line out (analog) (line out)14back-14Gigabit Ethernet15back-15Gigabit Ethernet - Front:1
front-1Headphone / line out (analog) (headphone jack)2front-2USB 2.0 (Type-A)3front-3USB 2.0 (Type-A)4front-4FireWire 8005front-5FireWire 800
Numbered left to right as you face each side (top to bottom on a Mac Pro). Source: Apple manual - Back:1
- Features
- Built-in speaker(s) · Cooling fan · Internal optical drive · Audio over Mini DisplayPort / Thunderbolt
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
HD 5770 · Mid 2012
Quad-, 6-, 8- or 12-core Xeon · Radeon HD 5770
Untested0/20 tested
Boot0/3 passed
- Stock installer boots via 64-bit EFIUntested
- Internal storage detected and installation completesUntested
- Installed system starts, restarts and shuts down cleanlyUntested
Graphics0/2 passed
- Discrete GPU accelerationUntested
- External display outputUntested 0 of 2 port groupsback-2back-3back-4
Power0/1 passed
- Sleep and wakeUntested
Audio0/6 passed
- Built-in speakersUntested
- Headphone / analog audio outputUntested front-1back-13
- Line-in / analog audio inputUntested back-12
- Optical digital audio outputUntested back-11
- Optical digital audio inputUntested back-10
- Audio over HDMI / DisplayPortUntested
Networking0/3 passed
- Wi-FiUntested
- BluetoothUntested
- EthernetUntested back-14back-15
Ports0/2 passed
- USB-A portsUntested front-2front-3back-5back-6back-7
- FireWireUntested front-4front-5back-8back-9
- Port methodology
Storage0/1 passed
- Internal optical drive reads discsUntested
Thermal0/2 passed
- Temperature sensors report under loadUntested
- Fans respond to loadUntested
Hardware Configuration Detailsmacpro5-1-mid-2012-a
- CPU
- Xeon W3565 3.2 GHz · 4-core; Dual Xeon E5645 2.4 GHz · 12-core
BTO: Xeon W3680 3.33 GHz · 6-core; Dual Xeon X5650 2.66 GHz · 12-core; Dual Xeon X5675 3.06 GHz · 12-core (Westmere-EP) - Memory
- 3 / 6 / 12 GB DDR3-1333 ECC · max 64 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB HDD · SATA · BTO 2 TB HDD, 512 GB SSD
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB) · OpenGL ES 3.1
pci:1002:68b8 - Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
pci:14e4:432b - Bluetooth
- Apple Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (USB 05ac:8215)
usb:05ac:8215 - Audio codec
- Realtek ALC889A
- Ethernet
- Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet (×2)
pci:8086:10f6 - Storage controller
- Intel ICH10 SATA controller
pci:8086:3a22 - FireWire controller
- Texas Instruments XIO2213 FireWire 800 controller
pci:104c:823f - Ports
- Line in (analog) · Optical digital audio in · 2× Headphone / line out (analog) · Optical digital audio out · DVI · 2× Gigabit Ethernet · 4× FireWire 800 · 2× Mini DisplayPort · 5× USB 2.0 (Type-A)
- Port layout
- Download drawing (SVG)
Port methodology - Back:1
back-1Power inlet2back-2Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)3back-3Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)4back-4DVI (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)5back-5USB 2.0 (Type-A)6back-6USB 2.0 (Type-A)7back-7USB 2.0 (Type-A)8back-8FireWire 8009back-9FireWire 80010back-10Optical digital audio in11back-11Optical digital audio out12back-12Line in (analog)13back-13Headphone / line out (analog) (line out)14back-14Gigabit Ethernet15back-15Gigabit Ethernet - Front:1
front-1Headphone / line out (analog) (headphone jack)2front-2USB 2.0 (Type-A)3front-3USB 2.0 (Type-A)4front-4FireWire 8005front-5FireWire 800
Numbered left to right as you face each side (top to bottom on a Mac Pro). Source: Apple manual - Back:1
- Features
- Built-in speaker(s) · Cooling fan · Internal optical drive · Audio over Mini DisplayPort / Thunderbolt
- Order no.
- MD770LL/A · MD771LL/A · MD772LL/A
MD772LL/A is Mac Pro Server (Mid 2012): same hardware with extra drives.
HD 5870 · Mid 2012
Xeon · Radeon HD 5870 (build to order)
build to order
Untested0/20 tested
Boot0/3 passed
- Stock installer boots via 64-bit EFIUntested
- Internal storage detected and installation completesUntested
- Installed system starts, restarts and shuts down cleanlyUntested
Graphics0/2 passed
- Discrete GPU accelerationUntested
- External display outputUntested 0 of 2 port groupsback-2back-3back-4
Power0/1 passed
- Sleep and wakeUntested
Audio0/6 passed
- Built-in speakersUntested
- Headphone / analog audio outputUntested front-1back-13
- Line-in / analog audio inputUntested back-12
- Optical digital audio outputUntested back-11
- Optical digital audio inputUntested back-10
- Audio over HDMI / DisplayPortUntested
Networking0/3 passed
- Wi-FiUntested
- BluetoothUntested
- EthernetUntested back-14back-15
Ports0/2 passed
- USB-A portsUntested front-2front-3back-5back-6back-7
- FireWireUntested front-4front-5back-8back-9
- Port methodology
Storage0/1 passed
- Internal optical drive reads discsUntested
Thermal0/2 passed
- Temperature sensors report under loadUntested
- Fans respond to loadUntested
Hardware Configuration Detailsmacpro5-1-mid-2012-hd5870
- CPU
- Xeon W3565 3.2 GHz · 4-core; Dual Xeon E5645 2.4 GHz · 12-core; Xeon W3680 3.33 GHz · 6-core; Dual Xeon X5650 2.66 GHz · 12-core; Dual Xeon X5675 3.06 GHz · 12-core (Westmere-EP)
- Memory
- 3 / 6 / 12 GB DDR3-1333 ECC · max 64 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB HDD · SATA · BTO 2 TB HDD, 512 GB SSD
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1 GB) · OpenGL ES 3.1
pci:1002:6898 - Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
pci:14e4:432b - Bluetooth
- Apple Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (USB 05ac:8215)
usb:05ac:8215 - Audio codec
- Realtek ALC889A
- Ethernet
- Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet (×2)
pci:8086:10f6 - Storage controller
- Intel ICH10 SATA controller
pci:8086:3a22 - FireWire controller
- Texas Instruments XIO2213 FireWire 800 controller
pci:104c:823f - Ports
- Line in (analog) · Optical digital audio in · 2× Headphone / line out (analog) · Optical digital audio out · DVI · 2× Gigabit Ethernet · 4× FireWire 800 · 2× Mini DisplayPort · 5× USB 2.0 (Type-A)
- Port layout
- Download drawing (SVG)
Port methodology - Back:1
back-1Power inlet2back-2Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)3back-3Mini DisplayPort (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)4back-4DVI (on the graphics card; the order can differ between cards)5back-5USB 2.0 (Type-A)6back-6USB 2.0 (Type-A)7back-7USB 2.0 (Type-A)8back-8FireWire 8009back-9FireWire 80010back-10Optical digital audio in11back-11Optical digital audio out12back-12Line in (analog)13back-13Headphone / line out (analog) (line out)14back-14Gigabit Ethernet15back-15Gigabit Ethernet - Front:1
front-1Headphone / line out (analog) (headphone jack)2front-2USB 2.0 (Type-A)3front-3USB 2.0 (Type-A)4front-4FireWire 8005front-5FireWire 800
Numbered left to right as you face each side (top to bottom on a Mac Pro). Source: Apple manual - Back:1
- Features
- Built-in speaker(s) · Cooling fan · Internal optical drive · Audio over Mini DisplayPort / Thunderbolt
Research notes (unverified)
- Graphics cards are PCIe cards that owners often replace; configurations cover only the cards Apple sold with the machine.
- Mid 2010 and Mid 2012 (and their Server variants, which add drives only) share this identifier. Wi-Fi is standard from 2010.
- Quad-core models use Bloomfield-class Xeon W3500 CPUs; 6-core and dual-processor models use Westmere-EP.
- A few Linux boots report an iMac Pro board ID; those are machines running OpenCore with spoofed SMBIOS.
- Audio is a Realtek ALC889A codec on every observed machine. Widely used as a Linux workstation.
Sources (28) and identifiers
Board IDs: Mac-F221BEC8
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/112578
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/118464
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/102887
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-eight-core-2.4-mid-2010-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-eight-core-2.4-mid-2010-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-core-2.8-mid-2010-nehalem-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-core-2.8-mid-2010-nehalem-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-core-3.2-mid-2010-nehalem-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-core-3.2-mid-2010-nehalem-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-core-3.2-mid-2012-nehalem-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-core-3.2-mid-2012-nehalem-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-six-core-3.33-mid-2010-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-six-core-3.33-mid-2010-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-six-core-3.33-mid-2012-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-six-core-3.33-mid-2012-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.4-mid-2012-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.4-mid-2012-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.66-mid-2010-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.66-mid-2010-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.66-mid-2012-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.66-mid-2012-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.93-mid-2010-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.93-mid-2010-westmere-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-3.06-mid-2012-westmere-server-specs.html
- https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-3.06-mid-2012-westmere-specs.html
- https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/blob/master/AppleModels/DataBase/MacPro/MP51.yaml
- https://github.com/linuxhw/LsPCI/tree/master/Desktop/Apple/MacPro5/MacPro5%2C1
- https://github.com/linuxhw/Dmesg/tree/main/Desktop/Apple/MacPro5/MacPro5%2C1