Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced chips for a PC

Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by 1123581321 on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:34PM (#38078948)

E cores are ~30% faster and P about 15%. So the question would be how much the Es assist when Ps are maxed on each chip. In any other situation, more/better E cores should outperform and extend battery. I’m not saying that means you should want to spend the money.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by greesil on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:43PM (#38079022)

Could you not resolve these questions with benchmarking?

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by polishTar on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:49PM (#38079095)

I love Apple's E cores. It just sucks that the M3 pro gains so few given the reduction in P cores.

Apple's E cores take up ~1/4 the die space of their P core. If the M3 pro lost 2 performance cores but gained 4-8 efficiency cores it'd be a much more reasonable trade.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by 1123581321 on Monday October 30, 2023 @09:59PM (#38079190)

I’d like to see that. Good point about die space.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by dontlaugh on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:05AM (#38081991)

I’m sure the difference is GPU.

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