Highlights
- Apple M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max silicon announced.
- Apple updates both 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, and 24-inch iMac with M3 chips.
- The new MacBooks and iMac feature Ray Tracing, and improved graphics thanks to the M3 chips.
Apple Scary Fast event was telecasted today wherein it launched the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips, and new devices powered by them. The newcomers include a 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro and a 24-inch iMac refresh. While the iMac is still available in vibrant colours like its 2021 model, the MacBook Pro launches in a matte black colour. Here is a quick rundown of everything announced at the Apple October event:
Apple M3 series specifications
- Design: Apple M3 chips are manufactured on TSMC’s 3nm architecture like the A17 Pro SoC on the iPhone 15 Pro. They have used transistors so small that about 2 million of them could be arranged “in the cross-section of a human hair”. The M3 Max carries 92 billion transistors, up to 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, and 128GB of unified memory (industry-first).
- Dynamic caching in GPU: The local memory of GPU is allocated to tasks as per need in real time which ensures efficient GPU utilization. Apple claims this “significantly improves performance for the most demanding pro apps and games”.
- More realistic graphics: Apple has added AV1 decoding support and Hardware accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing to M3 chips for graphic-intensive tasks.
So, you see the chips are ever more powerful from a hardware standpoint stuffed with transistors and cores. We also notice a major emphasis on the graphics side of performance.
Apple MacBook Pro M3 specifications
You can grab the MacBook Pro in 14-inch and 16-inch models.
14-inch MacBook Pro with M3
- MacBook Pro with M3 is up to 60% faster than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1.
- It is also up to 40% faster than the 16-inch model with M1 Pro.
- MacBook Pro with M3 Max is 2.5 times faster than the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max.
- The new MacBook Pros come with 8TB storage, 128GB unified memory, Liquid Retina XDR display, MacOS Sonoma, a 6-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio, up to 22 hours of battery life, MagSafe 3 charging support, Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, and SDXC memory card support.
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M3 Apple 24″ iMac specifications
- You get a 24-inch iMac with an M3 chip coupled with up to 2TB of storage and up to 24GB of unified memory. It is said to be 2x faster than the M1 iMac and up to 4x faster than the top-end 21.5-inch iMac.
- It brings studio-quality mics, an FHD webcam, a six-speaker setup with Spatial Audio, and a 4.5K Retina display.
- It can be bought in multiple colours and you can also connect it with colour-matched accessories like Magic Keyboard with Touch ID button.
