MP 6,1 A Maxed out Mac Pro 6.1 core Processor Power

[ozzinc12]

I think I may posted my question in the wrong area but can I install more then 12 cores in my late 2013 Mac Pro 6.1 as mentioned in my last post I have a friend in New York who he had B&H Photo build a 6.1 with more then 12 cores, is this even possible, any info would greatly be appreciated

 

[tsialex]

MacPro6,1 socket is LGA-2021 and the max core number for this socket is 12-core. While there are Intel Ivy-Bridge Xeons with 15-core CPUs, the socket is LGA-2021-1 and it's not compatible with late-2013 Mac Pro.

MacPro6,1 can use almost all Ivy bridge Intel Xeon E5 with LGA-2021 socket, but not the Intel Xeon E7 with LGA-2021-1.

 

[hwojtek]

MacPro6,1 can use almost all Ivy bridge Intel Xeon E5 with LGA-2021 socket, but not the Intel Xeon E7 with LGA-2021-1.

...aaaaaand the OP should take a look at a very nice thread documenting all this.

 

[ozzinc12]

MacPro6,1 socket is LGA-2021 and the max core number for this socket is 12-core. While there are Intel Ivy-Bridge Xeons with 15-core CPUs, the socket is LGA-2021-1 and it's not compatible with late-2013 Mac Pro.

MacPro6,1 can use almost all Ivy bridge Intel Xeon E5 with LGA-2021 socket, but not the Intel Xeon E7 with LGA-2021-1.

Thank so much for the info, I really have to find out what was done to my friends 6.1 cylinder, I will post all of the specs

 

[tsialex]

Thank so much for the info, I really have to find out what was done to my friends 6.1 cylinder, I will post all of the specs

Just open Terminal and run the command below:

sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string

 

[ozzinc12]

...aaaaaand the OP should take a look at a very nice thread documenting all this.

Thank so much for the info

 

[ozzinc12]

Just open Terminal and run the command below:

sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string

will this give all of the info on its cores and etc

 

[tsialex]

will this give all of the info on its cores and etc

No, just the Xeon name/frequency.

 

[tsialex]

To see the Xeon name and the number of cores, you can run the command line below:

sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string machdep.cpu.core_count

To see more info, you can use:

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType