information about upcoming M2 chips

[jav6454]

M3 would most likely be on 3nm and introduce hardware ray tracing, with LPDDR5X providing up to 1TB of RAM...

1TB of memory on an M3? Lol, no.

 

[Boil]

M3 would most likely be on 3nm and introduce hardware ray tracing, with LPDDR5X providing up to 1TB of RAM...

EDIT TO ADD: Clarification; I meant 1TB RAM with a M3 Extreme (quad M3 Max SoCs) configuration...

1TB of memory on an M3? Lol, no.

See amendment to my original post...

 

[albozr]

Hello everybody,

I would like to apologise for bad English:

I has information for upcoming high powerful M2 chips which will be include in 14-16" MacBook Pro and Mac mini from a friend with access to early prototype which you will must be interested in.

For the new M2 Pro CPU, Apple currently test 2 main model, one with 12 CPU core in N3 (3nm) with 8 high performance and lower efficiency 3-2 FIN cores, 2 middle performance and middler efficiency 2-2 FIN cores and 2 low performance and higher efficiency 2-1 FIN cores. This model 0.1 faster than other M2 pro and 0.35 more efficiency than other M2 pro but no mass production for long months.
If this is model which will be final M2 Pro, it will be announce and come in March/April 2023.

The other M2 Pro chip being develop will be big M2, 12 CPU core with 8 high power and 4 high efficiency cores in the N5P (5nm) process with same cores as M2. If this model final, will be announce and come in November 2022.

GPU in M2 Pro chips will be 20 core.
M2 Max have same CPU as whichever M2 Pro be select, and will come with GPU 40 core.

There will be binned M2 Max with GPU 30 core, and binned M2 Pro with GPU 16 core. No information binned CPU model yet.

Both M2 Max and M2 Pro have better media encode decode engine as M1 Pro Max.

Memory bandwidth M2 Pro will be 300GB/s and Memory Bandwidth M2 Max be 600 GB/s
Apple no work on M2 Ultra yet.

MacBook Pro 14/16 will get M2 Pro Max
Mac mini will get optional M2 Pro option.
I have no access to design of these new computers.

I hope everybody has found this very interesting, please ask question.

If this is to believed, regarding the report that N3 was abandoned i assume that apple went for the 5nm N5P, the same as A15 and M2. Hopefully we’ll get RAM capacity increases like M2 at least?

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

If there's something I'd like to have on my next M2 Pro chip, would be 14-15h battery life, the current M1 Pro just doesn't cut it for a full day work sometimes, whereas the M1 could.

14 or 16 inch ?

 

[MrGunny94]

14 or 16 inch ?

I'm running the 14" it's much better to travel.

 

[maflynn]

14 or 16 inch ?

Another vote for the 14". I really wanted to love the 16" but it was just too big, even though I'm a 15" laptop fan the 16" was just too much as I travel

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I'm running the 14" it's much better to travel.

Another vote for the 14". I really wanted to love the 16" but it was just too big, even though I'm a 15" laptop fan the 16" was just too much as I travel

Yeah I love the 14 too but that’s the thing ..battery just isn’t too great .it’s not bad ,it may even be enough for my days (haven’t had the chance to take it out ).but as expensive as it is ,I’m considering the 16 if only for the battery … I’ve been spoiled with the m1 air

 

[maflynn]

just isn’t too great

ITs light years better then my Razer laptop - granted gaming laptops aren't known for great battery performance but still, if I know that I'll be out and about w/o the ability to plug in my laptop, the Mac comes

 

[tstafford]

Yeah I love the 14 too but that’s the thing ..battery just isn’t too great .it’s not bad ,it may even be enough for my days (haven’t had the chance to take it out ).but as expensive as it is ,I’m considering the 16 if only for the battery … I’ve been spoiled with the m1 air

Curious - do you have the M1 Pro or Max MBP14? I think the Pro get a bit longer life although I don't disagree that the battery life on the MBP14 isn't anything to write home about. It's better than my old Intel Air, but that's not saying much!

Note: I bet the M2 Pro MBP14 will have better battery life - like the 13" MBP.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Curious - do you have the M1 Pro or Max MBP14? I think the Pro get a bit longer life although I don't disagree that the battery life on the MBP14 isn't anything to write home about. It's better than my old Intel Air, but that's not saying much!

Note: I bet the M2 Pro MBP14 will have better battery life - like the 13" MBP.

Pro ,not max .returned it for now

Hmm but the 13 mbp m2 has actually worse battery life than 13 mbp m1 you know ?

 

[tstafford]

Pro ,not max .returned it for now

Hmm but the 13 mbp m2 has actually worse battery life than 13 mbp m1 you know ?

Didn't know that. Thought it was rated same by Apple and reviews I've seen have more or less trashed the machine but praised the battery life for non-pro tasks (web, e-mail, video).

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Didn't know that. Thought it was rated same by Apple and reviews I've seen have more or less trashed the machine but praised the battery life for non-pro tasks (web, e-mail, video).

Hmm from the reviews I’ve seen it’s either similar ,or worse ( 17h vs 17:40h iirc)

 

[tstafford]

Hmm from the reviews I’ve seen it’s either similar ,or worse ( 17h vs 17:40h iirc)

I believe you.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I believe you.

Never believe strangers