We have antecedently reported about Apple testing multiple Macs using its upcoming M3 central processor phone line . Most recently it was revealed that theMac mini with a base - stage M3is on Apple ’s psychometric test benches , but that ’s just the latest in a string of next Macs in examination .
The a la mode is the most powerful yet : A MacBook Pro with an M3 Max . That ’s the largest single - die form of the upcoming flake , and the most potent to appear in a MacBook Pro — the M3 Ultra would be two M3 Max chip connect together and reserved for the Mac Studio and Mac Pro .
Anew report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg , who has about the best record of Apple ’s secret activities of anyone , details the glasses of the new chip in testing according to test log from a third - party Mac app developer he has seen : The M3 Max in question has 16 processor cores , part into 12 eminent - carrying out core and 4 mellow - efficiency cores . That ’s four more high - operation cores than M2 Max .
The chip has 40 GPU pith , while the M2 Max is available with either 30 or 38 cores . It ’s not know whether the 40 - nitty-gritty version in testing is the top - end mannikin .
Apple ’s trial chip has 48 GB of RAM , which is an interesting number . The M2 Max is usable with 32 , 64 , or 96 GB of RAM . A 48 GB name suggest that the M3 Max will be uncommitted with 48 , 96 , or 144 GB of RAM . Apple may be widen the memory charabanc by 50 percentage , which means much high store bandwidth , or it could be employing denser RAM .
Bloomberg ’s reputation cue us that Apple is almost certainly quiz multiple dissimilar variants with unlike core reckoning and tup , of which this is only one of them . It is surely possible that this accurate configuration of gist and RAM never come to market .
Apple is testing multiple different Macs withM3 chipsin them , from the groundwork M3 in a MacBook Air up to this M3 Max in a MacBook Pro . It is have a bun in the oven that the company will release some of these intersection in October , though we do n’t yet have intercourse on the button which one . If historic trends are postdate , we ’ll get base M3 manikin first ( and perhaps not all of them ) , with M3 Pro and M3 Max - based ware in the give , and M3 Max / Ultra - based desktops like the Mac Studio and Mac Pro in the summer of 2024 .
