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 runeks on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:03AM (#38081977)

That’s not what it says. Actual quote:

> The 12-core CPU design has six performance cores and six efficiency cores, offering single-threaded performance that is up to 30 percent faster than M1 Pro.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by sigmoid10 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:08AM (#38082486)

Ok, so then the M3 pro is up to 1.3/1.2=~8% faster than the M2 pro? I can see why they wouldn't use that for marketing.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by fkyoureadthedoc on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:39AM (#38084628)

Depends who they are marketing to I think is the point. If the biggest group of potential buyers are not M2 users, then it makes sense not to market to them directly with these stats.

I've got an M1 Max 64GB and I'm not even tempted to upgrade yet, maybe they'll still be comparing to M1 when the M10 comes out though.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by sigmoid10 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:54PM (#38091233)

I'm also far from replacing my M1. But if someone from an older generation of Intel Macs considers upgrading the marketing is off as well.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by polishTar on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:17PM (#38100453)

I was referring to the graphic they showed during the announcement that verbatim said the CPU was "up to 20% faster than M1 Pro".

https://images.macrumors.com/t/wMtonfH5PZT9yjQhYNv0uHbpIlM=/...

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