Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c...
by brigade on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:14PM
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The base M2 Pro was 6p+4e, the base model M3 Pro is 5p+6e but comes with an additional 2GB RAM for the same price. Probably an upgrade overall, but we'll see where the benchmarks land.
Rather, some possible configurations effectively disappeared, so yes you get to pay a lot more if you only care about CPU performance and could have gotten away without the minimum 36/48GB RAM required to upgrade to the Max. But the full M3 Pro upgrade is now unbundled from the 1TB SSD upgrade, so maybe that SKU is interesting to someone.
Rather, some possible configurations effectively disappeared, so yes you get to pay a lot more if you only care about CPU performance and could have gotten away without the minimum 36/48GB RAM required to upgrade to the Max. But the full M3 Pro upgrade is now unbundled from the 1TB SSD upgrade, so maybe that SKU is interesting to someone.