Apple Mac Pro vs. HP Z Workstation
Increase your productivity and lower your cost with a HP Z Workstation powered by the latest generation and highest performing hardware.
Left: Matching configuration HP Z Workstation at a lower price than the Apple Mac Pro.
Right: Higher performing configuration HP Z Workstation at a comparable price as the Apple Mac Pro.
 HP Z6 G4 |  Apple Mac Pro |  HP Z8 G4 | |
| Processor Type | 2 processor support Intel Xeon W or Scalable processor Socket LGA3647 | 1 processor support Intel Xeon W processor Socket LGA3647 | 2 processor support Intel Xeon Scalable processor Socket LGA3647 |
| Memory Expansion | 6 DIMM slots per processor DDR4 ECC 2666MHz, 2933MHz | 12 DIMM slots DDR4 ECC 2666MHz, 2933MHz | 12 DIMM slots per processor DDR4 ECC 2666MHz, 2933MHz |
| PCIe Expansion | 2x PCIe x16, 1x PCIe x8, 3x PCIe x4 | 4x PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x8, 1x PCIe x4 | 4x PCIe x16, 1x PCIe x8, 2x PCIe x4 |
| Storage Expansion | 2x M.2 NVMe 2x 3.5-inch SATA 2x 5.25-inch SATA (optical) | 2x Proprietary Apple NVMe slots | 4x M.2 NVMe 4x 3.5-inch SATA 3x 5.25-inch SATA (optical) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon W-3245 (16 cores, 3.2GHz base, 4.4GHz turbo) | Intel Xeon W-3245 (16 cores, 3.2GHz base, 4.4GHz turbo) | Intel Xeon Gold 6248R (24 cores, 3.0GHz base, 4.0GHz turbo) |
| Memory | 96GB (6x 16GB) DDR4 2933MHz ECC memory | 96GB (6x 16GB) DDR4 2933MHz ECC memory | 96GB (6x 16GB) DDR4 2933MHz ECC memory |
| Storage | 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD | 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD | 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA Quadro RTX A4000 w/ 16GB GDDR6 memory | AMD Radeon Pro 580X w/ 8GB GDDR5 memory | NVIDIA Quadro RTX A4000 w/ 16GB GDDR6 memory |
| Price | $8500 | $9600 | $10,050 |
| Configuration | Config ID: 3237537 | Apple Configuration Screenshot (July 2022) | Config ID: 3237540 |
