I feel like I'd have a very hard time designing a $7000 system which doesn't completely blow the Mac Pro out of the water in terms of CPU and GPU performance. Do you have some examples of $7000 systems which are beaten by the $7000 Mac Pro's cut-down M2 Ultra in terms of CPU or GPU power?
EDIT: I don't get why this is getting downvoted. The M2 Ultra really doesn't have very impressive GPU power compared to even consumer offerings from nvidia and AMD. The competitive $7000 workstations would have to have something weaker than a 4080.
EDIT: I don't get why this is getting downvoted. The M2 Ultra really doesn't have very impressive GPU power compared to even consumer offerings from nvidia and AMD. The competitive $7000 workstations would have to have something weaker than a 4080.