We have previously reported about Apple testing multiple Macs using its upcoming M3 processor line. Most recently it was revealed that the Mac mini with a base-level M3 is on Apple’s test benches, but that’s just the latest in a string of future Macs in testing.
The latest is the most powerful yet: A MacBook Pro with an M3 Max. That’s the largest single-die configuration of the upcoming chip, and the most powerful to appear in a MacBook Pro—the M3 Ultra would be two M3 Max chips connected together and reserved for the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
A new report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, who has about the best record of Apple’s secret activities of anyone, details the specs of the new chip in testing according to test logs from a third-party Mac app developer he has seen: The M3 Max in question has 16 CPU cores, divided into 12 high-performance cores and 4 high-efficiency cores. That’s four more high-performance cores than M2 Max.
Read more at Macworld.com