A new report is not impressed with the latest M3 and M3 Pro, but it does mention the impressive capabilities of the M3 Max
Apple’s latest 3nm family of Mac chipsets include the M3, M3 Pro, and the M3 Max, and based on various performance tests and leaks, two of them are considered iterative updates over their direct predecessors, while one of them is viewed as a worthy upgrade. In a new report, the base SoC and the M3 Pro are largely criticized as they do not bring anything noteworthy.M3 Max performance compared to desktop chips like the M2 Ultra that power the Mac Studio and Mac Pro
In the latest edition of Mark Gurman’s ‘Power On’ newsletter, the Bloomberg reporter provided his thoughts on Apple’s latest M3 lineup. In his view, the base chipset sporting an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU is a ‘nice refresh’ when compared to the M1, but it does not provide a considerable upgrade that requires an immediate switch. However, we do want to point out that the M3 actually matches the 10-core CPU of the M2 Pro in Geekbench 6’s multi-core test while beating the latter in the single-core benchmark, so improvements do exist.
“The M3 doesn’t move the needle considerably from the M2, but it’s a nice refresh coming from the M1.
