Power Macintosh

Power Macintosh G5 Model Guide

Confused by all the Power Macintosh G5 models and their expansion slots? This table sorts them out. In all cases except the last generation dual-core models, they use a single-core PowerPC 970 CPU and 8x AGP graphics.

Model 2003 June 2004 Oct. 2004 April 2005 Dual Core Quad
Introduced 6/23/03 11/18/03 6/9/04 10/19/04 4/27/05 10/19/05
CPU(s) single-core G5 dual-core G5
CPU Speed single 1.6 GHz single 1.8 GHz dual 2.0 GHz dual 1.8 GHz dual 1.8 GHz dual 2.0 GHz dual 2.5 GHz single 1.8 GHz dual 2.0 GHz dual 2.3 GHz dual 2.7 GHz dual 2.0 GHz dual 2.3 GHz quad 2.5 GHz
Memory Bus 800 MHz 900 MHz 1 GHz 900 MHz 1 GHz 1.25 GHz 600 MHz 1 GHz 1.15 GHz 1.35 GHz 1 GHz 1.15 GHz 1.25 GHz
Base RAM 256 MB 512 MB 256 MB 512 MB 256 MB 512 MB
Max RAM 4 GB 8 GB 4 GB 8 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB
Minimum OS OS X 10.2 OS X 10.3 OS X 10.4
Hard Drive 80 GB 160 GB 80 GB 160 GB 80 GB 160 GB 250 GB 160 GB 250 GB
Video GeForce FX5200 Radeon 9600 Pro GeForce FX5200 GeForce FX5200 Ultra Radeon 9600 XT GeForce FX5200 Ultra Radeon 9600 Radeon 9650 Radeon 9800 XT GeForce 6600 LE
VRAM 64 MB 128 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB
CD/DVD 4x SuperDrive 8x SuperDrive 16x SuperDrive
USB 2.0 3 (1 on front) 4 (1 on front)
FireWire 400 2 (1 on front)
FireWire 800 1
Expansion Slots 3 64-bit PCI 3 64-bit PCI-X 3 64-bit PCI 3 64-bit PCI-X 3 64-bit PCI 3 64-bit PCI-X 3 PCI Express
Ethernet 10/100/1000 dual 10/100/1000
Modem v.92
H/W/D 20.1"/8.1"/18.7"
Weight 39.2 lbs. 44.5-48.8 lbs.

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