Apple’s M3 Rumored Performance Scores Beat 12-Core M2 Max In Single-Core Test, Up To 12% Faster Than M2 Pro In Multi-Core

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The M3 and A17 Bionic are expected to be Apple’s first 3nm chips, granting them incredible performance and efficiency-related properties. In both single-core and multi-core tests, the upcoming SoC that will seemingly power portable Macs is a force to be reckoned with, beating the M2 Pro and M2 Max in various categories.

The numbers shared by Vadim Yuryev on Twitter claim to belong to Geekbench 6, with the M3 obtaining a single-core score of 3,472 and multi-core result of 13,676. Assuming these results turn out to be real, the next-generation SoC will be a serious threat to the high-end 2023 MacBook Pro models, especially in the single-core results of the same benchmark. When we compared these numbers in the Geekbench 6 browser, we were astonished, especially given that the M3 is said to power the less expensive MacBook Air models.

Apple M3 chip performance estimate in Geekbench 6Single-core: 3,472Multi-core: 13,676

Let's see how close I get when the chip actually comes. What are your thoughts and estimates? pic.twitter.com/2sw9tMW1HK

— Vadim Yuryev (@VadimYuryev) March 28, 2023

Compared to the 12-core version of the M2 Max, the M3 is only 6 percent slower in the multi-core scores given below but 24 percent faster than the same silicon in the single-core results. Against the 10-core variant of the M2 Pro, the M3 is 12 percent faster in multi-core and maintains approximately the same lead against the chipset in single-core workloads. Yuryev did not share the CPU core count of the M3, but a previous report mentioned that it would have eight cores in total.

If that is the case, Apple has done exceptionally well with its cutting-edge chipset. Now we have to see how well the upcoming 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air can thermally