Apple M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max presented: This is what the new Apple silicon chips can do
from David Haydl 
on October 31, 2023, 14:07 p.m. | Write a comment
Tonight Apple presented the in a live stream Proprocessors M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max. All information about these can be found here.
All three chips were manufactured using the three-nanometer process and come with a “next-generation” graphics unit. This now supports a technology called dynamic caching, hardware accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading. Dynamic caching ensures that a task only takes as much memory from the chip as it actually needs. This means things can be done two and a half times faster than with Proprocessors from the M1 series.
The CPU also received some upgrades. The performance and efficiency cores are 30 and 50 respectively Procent faster than the M1 and with the Neural Engine there is a performance increase of 60 Procent compared to the M1. The media engine has also been improved; thanks to AV1 decoding, it now supports a better and more efficient user experience for streaming services.
Differences between the chips
Of course, there are also some differences between the individual versions of the M3. The M3 without any additional name has a CPU with four performance and four efficiency cores. The graphics unit has ten cores. It supports up to 24 gigabytes of shared RAM and is able to operate an external display.
The M3 Pro has a GPU with 18 cores, up to 40 Procent faster than that in the M1 Pro is. The central processing unit comes with 12 cores, including six cores designed for performance and six economical cores. The largest selectable shared RAM has a capacity of 36 gigabytes. The top model M3 Max houses 40 graphics cores and can be increased to a maximum of 128 gigabytes of shared RAM. Apple gave the CPU twelve performance cores and four efficiency cores, which increases it by 80 Pro1% faster than that in the MXNUMX Max.
Apple M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max: These Macs get the chips
Parallel to the three ProApple also introduced new hardware. While the M3 for the first time in 14 inch MacBook Pro and the new one iMac was installed, come the M3 Pro and M3 Max in the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro for use.
