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The gap between the Pro is increasing over generations. M2 to M3 Air isn't as significant as it should be.
by xyzzy_plugh 3y ago
The gap between the Pro is increasing over generations. M2 to M3 Air isn't as significant as it should be.
- mort96 3y agoThe gap is increasing because these chips get a higher performance (and power) ceiling. That's a good thing. It means that the MacBook Pro -- a machine with a much better cooling solution -- can get much better performance. The M1 SoC didn't have a high enough performance ceiling to really take advantage of the MacBook Pro cooling solution, so it wasn't much faster than the Air. That was a bad thing. "M2 to M3 Air isn't as significant as it should be" might still be true though. How did you arrive at this conclusion? What benchmarks are you basing your opinion on? What is the actual improvement from M2 to M3 according to the metrics you care about, and what do you think the improvement should have been?