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MagyarApple M3 coming for every Mac under the sun: Four M3 chips for nine Macs outlined with configurations of 8-32 CPU cores and 10-80 GPU cores
In his latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman has offered a detailed outline of the upcoming Apple M3 chips and M3 Mac generation. While some parts of this information have already been shared at one point or another, Gurman has now collated all of the details together to show how the four M3 processors would be configured and which Macs (and iPad) would be getting them.
| CPU cores | GPU cores | Macs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M3 | 8 (4P+4E) | 10 | Base MacBook Pro, 13-inch MacBook Air, 15-inch MacBook Air, Mac mini, iMac, (iPad Pro) |
| M3 Pro (base) | 12 (6P+6E) | 18 | 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini |
| M3 Pro (top) | 14 (8P+6E) | 20 | 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini |
| M3 Max (base) | 16 (12P+4E) | 32 | 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Studio |
| M3 Max (top) | 16 (12P+4E) | 40 | 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Studio |
| M3 Ultra (base) | 32 (24P+8E) | 64 | Mac Studio and Mac Pro* |
| M3 Ultra (top) | 32 (24P+8E) | 80 | Mac Studio and Mac Pro* |
*Apple might discontinue Mac Pro production
As can be seen in the table above, the Apple M3 Ultra chip should be an absolute workhorse of a chip, with its configuration offering up to 32 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores. In comparison, the M2 Ultra has 24 CPU cores (16x high-performance + 8x high-efficiency) and either a 60- or 76-core GPU. So, while the GPU part in the top-end M3 Ultra only gains +5% greater core count, the CPU component gets a tasty +33% bump in core count overall, and that bump is made up of all high-performance cores.
Gurman points out that despite these Apple M3 configurations appearing in developer logs, things could still be altered between their current state and market state. He also reckons there could be a change in memory capacity options and that the 3-nanometer based chips should start appearing as part of the M3 Mac generation in an October launch event, with the 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a 2023 iMac being the first M3-powered computers to be released.
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Source(s)
Power On (subscription) & Bloomberg
Teaser image (edited): Apple & Andrey Grinkevich on Unsplash
