> People are picking on that lede tweet somewhat unfairly. Numbers in the rest of the article say that the same benchmark run between the two "pro" variants improves only 6%. And that's actually quite disappointing for a chip that's supposed to be a on a new semiconductor node. Not a lot of people make a laptop purchase decision over 6%.
The M3 Pro has been neutered - the normal M2 Pro* was 8 Performance + 4 Efficiency cores (same as the Max) whereas the M3 Pro is just 6 P + 6 E cores.
If you want the full complement of CPU cores on the M3, you have to get the Max variant.
*There was a special 'low' end M2 pro that only had 6 + 4 cores.
The M3 Pro has been neutered - the normal M2 Pro* was 8 Performance + 4 Efficiency cores (same as the Max) whereas the M3 Pro is just 6 P + 6 E cores.
If you want the full complement of CPU cores on the M3, you have to get the Max variant.
*There was a special 'low' end M2 pro that only had 6 + 4 cores.