M3 Pro (and some lower-core count M3 Max) parts have lower memory bandwidth than their M2 comparable. If your workload is highly dependent on memory bandwidth,

M3 Pro (and some lower-core count M3 Max) parts have lower memory bandwidth than their M2 comparable. If your workload is highly dependent on memory bandwidth, then M2->M3 on Pro or Max might not be an improvement. See tables here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M2#Variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M2#Variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M3#Variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M3#Variants