During aconference organized in the middle of the nightfor the Paris time zone, Apple presented three new chips for its computers. First of all we find the M3, dedicated tonew eponymous iMacbut also to the most basic 14-inch MacBook Pro. With this, the M3 Pro and M3 Max are aimed at the most capable 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops.
In terms of raw power, Apple believes it has measured significant velocity gains. For Tim Cook's company, “CPU performance cores and energy-efficient cores are 30% and 50% faster, respectively, than M1 chips“. The count is good.
Complete technical sheets for the M3 range
M3 chip
- Eight-core CPU
- Eight or ten core GPU
- Sixteen-core Neural Engine
- 100 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth
- 8, 16 or 24 gigabytes of RAM
- installed on 14-inch MacBook Pros and 24-inch iMacs
M3 Pro chip
- up to twelve CPU cores
- up to eighteen GPU cores
- Sixteen-core Neural Engine
- 150 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth
- 18 or 36 gigabytes of RAM
- installed on 14-inch MacBook Pros and 16-inch MacBook Pros
M3 Max chip
- up to sixteen CPU cores
- up to forty GPU cores
- Sixteen-core Neural Engine
- up to 400 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth
- from 36 to 128 gigabytes of RAM
Price and availability
The most accessible computer with M3 chip is the iMac M3 with two ports, priced from 1,599 euros. The price changes depending on several criteria, such as storage capacity or the quantity of RAM present under the hood.
As for MacBook Pros, the 14-inch model with M3 chip is the cheapest: count on 1,999 euros for the basic version.
As for the M3 Pro and M3 Max chips, these are respectively offered from 2,499 euros and from 3,769 euros on the 14-inch MacBook Pro. For the 16-inch MacBook Pro, count on 2,999 euros with a basic M3 Pro chip, compared to 4,249 euros with the least powerful M3 Max processor.
