M3, M3 Pro, Criticized In New Report, Base Apple Silicon ‘Doesn’t Move The Needle Considerably’ But M3 Max ‘Is Quite A Feat’
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.
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. The company says the 2023 iMac is about twice as fast as the 2021 version with the older chip.”
Gurman appears to be highly disappointed with the M3 Pro and states that incorporating a pair of power-efficient cores and adding nothing to the GPU core count will not set it apart from the M2 Pro. M3 Pro is also barely faster than the M2 Pro, obtaining a measly 6 percent lead in Geekbench 6’s multi-core score. Fortunately, he does praise the M3 Max, which provides the biggest performance uplift when you compare direct predecessors. In fact, the top-end part that features a 16-core CPU is actually faster than the M2 Ultra and its 24-core CPU configuration.
“The M3 Pro isn’t much of a game-changer, simply adding a pair of power-efficient
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