• HorseShedShingle@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      M3 is decently better then M2 and M3 Max is decently better then M2 Max.

      M3 Pro is the problem chip. It is barely better then M2 Pro, and as a few disadvantages compared to M2 Pro (less memory bandwidth, less CPU performance cores, etc.)

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    11 months ago

    So you’re telling me that a base model M3 MacBook Air is roughly the same as an M1 Max? So apart from ram, SSD speed, and storage, Apple’s weakest laptop has roughly the same power as Apple’s most powerful laptop from like a year and a half ago?

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      11 months ago

      Yes except (presumably) not in GPU performance. For those for whom that matters, the Max, even the M1 Max, should still way outperform a base M3.

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    11 months ago

    How does this compare against the 2019 i9 MacBook Pro’s? Not sure whether it’s a good upgrade or not. Was really hoping they’d give the options of the Pro or Max chips.

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    11 months ago

    My question is how base M3 will stack up against M1 Pro on base Macbook Pro 14, especially on GPU side of things. Someone pretty please test this out please.

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    11 months ago

    I’m unsure if moving from an M1 Pro (10core/16 gpu) to the M3 Pro (12 core/18 gpu) would be much of a performance jump?

    My main reason for the move would be to get 32GB min ram, as I keep hitting my 16gb limit.

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    11 months ago

    Couldn’t find specific geekbench results since their website won’t load on mobile. Closest results that compare to my 13" MacBook pro are 555 for single-core performance and 1,092 in the multi-core test.

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      11 months ago

      The 4GHz barrier was at last broken! I do remember the G6 from IBM that was about to bring the PowerMac beyond 6GHz.