Apple's M3 Pro disappoints in Geekbench 6's CPU test, only 6% ahead of M2 Pro in multi-core

[Redaktion]

Apple's latest M3 Max, unveiled at the 'Scary Fast' Mac event, has garnered praise for its commendable performance improvements. However, early benchmark results reveal a less impressive picture for the M3 Pro, which showed only a modest 6% increase in performance over the previous-generation M2 Pro despite significant per-core improvements.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-s-M3-Pro-disappoints-in-Geekbench-6-s-CPU-test-only-6-ahead-of-M2-Pro-in-multi-core.765947.0.html

[Raist3d]

ON first pass it may seem that's it, but this completely ignores the faster ANE, much faster GPU, which are all part of the chip and work together using the same unified memory.

[Raist3d]

It also ignores the benefit of people using most apps since most apps aren't exactly super multi-core.