Apple launched the new MacBook Pros last night, and with them, the next-generation chips. It was an unconventional premiere in several ways. The event took place at an unusual hour. The Apple M3s are the first mass-produced and sold computer chips built on TSMC’s 3nm lithography.
And on top of that, the Cupertino company revealed not only the basic M3, but also the more powerful M3 Pro and M3 Max. For earlier generations, they came later. After all, we saw the premiere of M1 and M2 along with MacBook Air and Macy mini, which were missing from the “Scary Fast” event.
Filip and Martin discussed what they brought and how much the new Macs cost in the article. A critical text was also published commenting on the fact that Apple is still saving on memory. Now let’s take a closer look at the main stars of the evening, the chips M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max. What is the performance, how have the features changed and what are their hooks.
SoC Manufacturing Transistors CPU Cores GPU Cores Neural Engine RAM
M1
N5
16 mld.
4+4 C
7/8 C
(up to 2.6 TFLOPS) 16 C, 11 TOPS 8/16 GB, 66.7 GB/s M2 N5P 20 billion. 4+4 C 8/10 C,
(up to 3.6 TFLOPS) 16 C, 15.8 TOPS 8/16/24 GB, 100 GB/s M3 N3 25 billion. 4+4 C 8/10 C (up to 4.3 TFLOPS) 16 C, 18 TOPS 8/16/24 GB, 100 GB/s
M1 Pro
N5
33,7 mld.
6/8+2 C
14/16 C,
(up to 5.2 TFLOPS) 16 C, 11 TOPS 16/32 GB, 200 GB/s M2 Pro N5P 40 billion 6/8+4 C 16/19 C,
(up to 6.8 TFLOPS) 16 C, 15.8 TOPS 16/32 GB, 200 GB/s M3 Pro N3 37 billion. 5/6+6 C 14/18 C (up to 7.3 TFLOPS) 16 C, 18 TOPS 18/36 GB, 150 GB/s
M1 Max
N5
57 mld.
8+2 C
24/32 C,
(up to 10.4 TFLOPS) 16 C, 11 TOPS 32/64 GB, 400 GB/s M2 Max N5P 67 billion. 8+4 C 30/38 C,
(up to 13.5 TFLOPS) 16 C, 15.8 TOPS 32/64/96 GB, 400 GB/s M3 Max N3 92 billion. 10/12+4 C 30/40 C (up to 15.6 TFLOPS) 16 C, 18 TOPS 36/48/64/96/128 GB, 300-400 GB/s
M1 Ultra
N5
114 mld.
16+4 C
48/64 C,
(up to 20.1 TFLOPS) 32 C, 22 TOPS 64/128 GB, 800 GB/s
M2 Ultra
N5P
134 mld.
16+8 C
60/76 C,
(up to 27.2 TFLOPS) 32 C, 31.6 TOPS 64/128/192 GB, 800 GB/s
M3 Ultra
N3
184 mld.
24+8 C
60/80 C (up to 31.2 TFLOPS)
32 C, 36 TOPS
96/128/192/256 GB, 800 GB/s
The very transition to better production technology promised a lot. The Apple M1s started on the 5nm N5 process. The M2 switched to its improved N5P version, which could deliver 7% more power (clocks) while maintaining power, or reduce power by 10% while maintaining power. They use the Apple M3 3nm process labeled N3, which compared to the N5 promised up to 15% higher performance, or 30% lower consumption. At the same time, the density has increased, so that 70% more transistors can fit in the same space.
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2023-11-01 17:45:01
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