tech giant AppleThe event started at 03:00 Türkiye time. M3, M3 Pro And M3 Max introduced its processors.
Apple events normally started around 20:00 Türkiye time. Making a change this time, the company introduced the M3 processors, which came out of the 3nm production process, for the first time within the scope of the event that ended in the past hours. The latest generation of Apple Silicon processors represents the final point reached by the company in terms of performance and energy consumption with the transition to the 3 nm production process. Introducing M3 for basic devices, M3 Pro for professionals who want high performance, and M3 and Max for those who want the best, Apple gave the following summary about the processors: “M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max; It includes groundbreaking technologies that dramatically improve performance and enable brand new features on Mac. “M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max are the first personal computer chips developed with industry-leading 3 nanometer manufacturing technology. In this way, these chips, which can fit more transistors in a smaller area, offer higher speed and efficiency. M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max; “It shows how far Apple’s chips for the Mac have come since the introduction of the M1 family.”
“The M3 chip family features a next-generation GPU that represents the biggest advancement in graphics processor architecture in Apple chips. In addition to being faster and more efficient, this GPU has a new technology called Dynamic Caching. Additionally, new rendering features such as hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading come to the Mac for the first time with this GPU.
Rendering is now up to 2.5x faster than the M1 family of chips. The CPU performance cores and efficiency cores are 30 percent and 50 percent faster, respectively, than those found on the M1 chip. The new Neural Engine performs 60 percent faster than the one in the M1 chip family.
The new media engine supports AV1 decoding, which provides more efficient and high-quality video experiences in online streaming services. “The M3 family of chips continues the incredible pace of innovation of Apple chips, bringing major improvements and new features to the new MacBook Pro and iMac.”
“The next-generation GPU in the M3 chip family is the result of the biggest advancement in graphics processor architecture in Apple chips. Dynamic Caching technology, unlike traditional GPUs, assigns the amount of local memory to be used to the hardware in real time.
Thanks to Dynamic Caching, only the required amount of memory is used for each task. This feature, which is one of the cornerstones of the new GPU architecture and a first in the industry, is also available to developers. “This feature, which significantly increases the average GPU utilization rate, greatly improves performance in professional applications and games that demand the most graphics.”
Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing New processors with support are a first for Mac in this regard. The company states the following here: “With the M3 chip family, hardware-accelerated ray tracing feature is also available on the Mac for the first time. Ray tracing allows applications to create extremely realistic and physically accurate images by modeling the properties of light based on its interaction with the scene.
This feature, together with the new graphics architecture, enables up to 2.5 times higher speed in professional applications compared to the M1 chip family. By using ray tracing, game developers can create more realistic shadows and reflections, thus providing much more impressive environments.
Additionally, hardware-accelerated mesh shading feature is also added to the Mac with the new GPU. This technology adds greater skill and efficiency to geometry processing, enabling the creation of more visually complex scenes in games and graphics-intensive applications.
The groundbreaking GPU architecture makes all these improvements and features possible while maintaining Apple’s legendary power efficiency. The M3 GPU can provide the performance of the M1 by using almost half the power consumed by the M1. “When the M3 GPU uses full power, it offers up to 65 percent more performance than the M1.”
About new processors, “Apple chips have completely redefined the Mac experience. “Every aspect of the architecture of these chips is designed for performance and power efficiency.” who says Johny Srouji, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware TechnologiesHe continued his words as follows:
“With support for 3-nanometer technology, next-generation GPU architecture, higher-performance CPU, faster Neural Engine, and even more unified memory, M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max are the most advanced chips ever built for a personal computer.”
Apple’s new M3 processors are first used in the new iMac and MacBook Pro models. The company is also expected to launch other M3-based Macs and iPads in the new year.