So it takes two generations for a base chip to beat a pro chip. Good to know.
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A nice upgrade over the M2 “but memory bandwidth!!”
M3 is decently better then M2 and M3 Max is decently better then M2 Max.
M3 Pro is the problem chip. It is barely better then M2 Pro, and as a few disadvantages compared to M2 Pro (less memory bandwidth, less CPU performance cores, etc.)
Well faster than my i5 intel MacBook Pro. Wonder what the compute score is.
So at this rate, the M10 will…
Couldn't find specific geekbench results since their website won't load on mobile. Closest results that compare to my 13" MacBook pro are 555 for single-core performance and 1,092 in the multi-core test.
Seems kinda low but neat seeing Apple break the 4 GHz barrier
ST 3076
MT 11863
OpenCL 30615
Running at 4.05 GHz
The 4GHz barrier was at last broken! I do remember the G6 from IBM that was about to bring the PowerMac beyond 6GHz.
So you're telling me that a base model M3 MacBook Air is roughly the same as an M1 Max? So apart from ram, SSD speed, and storage, Apple's weakest laptop has roughly the same power as Apple's most powerful laptop from like a year and a half ago?
Yes except (presumably) not in GPU performance. For those for whom that matters, the Max, even the M1 Max, should still way outperform a base M3.
How do these compare to the similarly priced Windows laptops?
In what sense?
significant increase in performance and battery life
significant decrease in power consumption
+higher value over time
How does this compare against the 2019 i9 MacBook Pro’s? Not sure whether it’s a good upgrade or not. Was really hoping they’d give the options of the Pro or Max chips.
My question is how base M3 will stack up against M1 Pro on base Macbook Pro 14, especially on GPU side of things. Someone pretty please test this out please.
I’m unsure if moving from an M1 Pro (10core/16 gpu) to the M3 Pro (12 core/18 gpu) would be much of a performance jump?
My main reason for the move would be to get 32GB min ram, as I keep hitting my 16gb limit.