This year 2023, unexpectedly, Apple launched the new generation of its Silicon processors. Based on a three-nanometer architecture, these have represented a disruption in terms of power and energy efficiency. And although milestones have been surpassed, such as the fact that the M3 Max is more powerful than the M2 Ultra, the real revolution is yet to come. And little by little we are learning new details, like the one we are going to tell you in this article.
This year Apple has presented its processors in style. In a dedicated event, and showing three at a time, we have been able to meet the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max. Now, the prestigious Bloomberg analyst, Mark Gurman, has published new information in his weekly Power On newsletter, which is echoed in the English-speaking news portal Appleinsider.
If what is predicted is true, the true revolution would still be yet to come. Although the three current processors have hit the table, it will be the M3 Ultra that will hit another, which would split the table in half.
80 cores
It’s said quickly, right? As has been learned, Mark Gurman predicts that the Apple M3 Ultra processor could mount 80 cores in graphics processing. That is, it would have 80 GPU cores.
In addition to this barbarity of figures, the dance of numbers continues. Unified memory is another of the pillars that make up the specifications of Apple Silicon. And in this case, The RAM that it could mount, as a maximum option, would be 256GB.
Current processors in RAM and GPU figures
80 GPU cores and 256GB of RAM offer spectacular performance. However, how much do the M2, M2 Pro and M2 Ultra have in terms of RAM and GPU?
- M2: 8 and 10 core GPU. 24GB of RAM
- M2 Pro: GPU with up to 19 cores. 32GB of RAM
- M2 Max: GPU with up to 38 cores. 96GB of RAM
- M2 Ultra: GPU with up to 76 cores. 192GB of RAM (in the Mac Pro tower model)
In the event that the figures predicted by Mark Gurman are finally fulfilled, the M3 Ultra would have 64GB more unified memory (RAM) than its predecessor, the M2 Ultra. Likewise, it would reach a peak of four more cores than what we currently have in the M2 Ultra.
However, one must also keep in mind the fact that these capacity amounts are maximum configuration. Therefore, we are not talking about basic figures. Starting from the already obvious fact that we would be facing a processor with more muscle than the M2 Ultra, and that the M3 Max has already surpassed this processor, how much more powerful is this new M3 Ultra going to be?
Having a processor with these capabilities is going to be a revolution for the company, since they would once again break records that they have already managed to establish. However, even though the numbers are promising, in which team could we see an M3 Ultra pro for the first time? Will it be on a Mac Pro? Will it be in the highest range of Mac Studio?