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Apple testing M3 chipset with 12-core processor and 18-core GPU , In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman reports that a source sent him App Store developer logs that show the chip running on an unannounced MacBook Pro with macOS 14. He speculates that the M3 variant Apple is testing is the base-level M3 Pro that the company has plans for. Release sometime next year.
In particular, the M3 line is expected to benefit TSMC. An increase in core density will see a move from 5nm to 3nm. If you recall, and features eight- and 10-core processors, along with 14 and 16-core GPUs. Put another way, the M3 Pro reportedly features 50 percent more CPU cores than its first-generation predecessor. According to Gurman, Apple has gone with an even split between high-performance and efficiency cores on the new silicon. He says that the chip was configured with 36GB of RAM. For context, the M2 Pro starts with 16GB of memory, and you can upgrade that for convenience with up to 32GB of RAM.
Of course, before Apple can announce the M3 Pro, the company needs to release a standard M3 chip first. “I believe the first Macs with M3 chips will start arriving late this year or early next year,” Gurman noted. Meanwhile, Apple is expected to announce its latest Mac next month at WWDC 2023.
