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The M3 Pro and Max get virtually identical results in battery tests, e.g. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/macbook-pro-m3-and-m3-max-battery-life-tested-heres-how
by orangecat 3y ago
The M3 Pro and Max get virtually identical results in battery tests, e.g. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/macbook-pro-m3-and-m3-max-battery-life-tested-heres-how-long-they-last https://www.tomsguide.com/news/macbook-pro-m3-and-m3-max-bat.... The Pro may be a perfectly fine machine, but Apple didn't remove cores to increase battery life; they did it to lower costs and upsell the Max.
- Ar-Curunir 3y agoIt might be the case that the yield on the chips is low, so they decided to use “defective” chips in the M3 Pro, and the non-defective in the M3 Max.
- dagmx 3y agoIn all M generations, the max and pro are effectively different layouts so can’t be put down to binning. Each generation did offer binned versions of the Pro and Max with fewer cores though.
- brandall10 3y agoThese aren't binned chips... the use of efficiency cores does reduce transistor count considerably which could improve yields. That said, while the transistor count of the M2 Pro -> M3 Pro did decrease, it went up quite a bit from the M2 -> M3. It seems most likely Apple is just looking to differentiate the tiers.