Apple M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max CPU & GPU Configurations Shared; Up To 40 Cores Will Be Supported

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Apple’s M3 is reported to be unveiled later this year and will be found in a wide-range of Macs. Going by the company’s previous launches, the more powerful M3 Pro and M3 Max are scheduled to arrive next year. That’s not all because now, we get a more detailed insight into the CPU and GPU configurations of all three chipsets, giving potential customers a better idea of which product to watch out for.

First and foremost, Apple is said to use TSMC’s next-generation 3nm process for the entire M3 family of chipsets, and that means greater performance and power efficiency for all SoCs. Strange enough, according to the details shared on Mark Gurman’s ‘Power On’ newsletter, the M3 will share the same CPU and GPU core count as the maxed-out M2, which is up to an 8-core CPU (four performance cores, four efficiency ones), and up to a 10-core GPU. The maximum supported unified RAM will remain at 24GB, so while on paper, the M3 might appear to be an iterative update over the M2, we expect some notable improvements.

Next, we have the M3 Pro, and it gets the premium treatment with a 12-core CPU and 18-core GPU. Unfortunately, Gurman did not share the number of performance and power-efficiency core breakdown. Thankfully, we reportedly previously stated that this 12-core SoC would arrive with eight performance cores, with the remaining four cores focused on the less demanding tasks. It is likely that Apple is not increasing the number of performance cores in the M3 Pro because there is a rumor doing the rounds that the same silicon could be found in a larger 14.1-inch iPad Pro.

Since the iPad Pro has a smaller chassis for cooling, reducing the number of performance cores can keep the thermals from getting out of control. Last but certainly