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I am confused. I got an M4 with 64 GB Ram. Did I buy something from the future? :) Now why M3 now? Not M4 Ultra.

• seanmcdirmid 2y ago
  It took them awhile to developed their ultra chip and this is what they had ready? I’m sure they are working on the M4 ultra, but they are just slow at it. I bought a refubished M3 max to run LLMs (can only go up to 70b with 4 bit quant), and it is only slightly slower than the more expensive M4 max.
• opan 2y ago
  Haven't the Max/Ultra type chips always come much later, close to when the next number of standard chips came out? M2 Max was not available when M2 launched, for example.
  • SirMaster 2y ago
    An Ultra has never come out after the next gen base model, let alone the next gen Pro/Max model before. M1: November 10, 2020 M1 Pro: October 18, 2021 M1 Max: October 18, 2021 M1 Ultra: March 8, 2022 ------------------------- M2: June 6, 2022 M2 Pro: January 17, 2023 M2 Max: January 17, 2023 M2 Ultra: June 5, 2023 ------------------------- M3: October 30, 2023 M3 Pro: October 30, 2023 M3 Max: October 30, 2023 ------------------------- M4: May 7, 2024 M4 Pro: October 30, 2024 M4 Max: October 30, 2024 ------------------------- M3 Ultra: March 5, 2025
    • kridsdale1 2y ago
      So about a year and a half delay for Ultra, but the M2 was an anomaly.
    • ellisv 2y ago
      I'd also point out that there was a rather awkward situation with M1/M2 chips where lower end devices were getting newer chips before the higher end devices. For example, the 14 and 16-inch MacBooks Pro didn't get a M2 series chip until about 6 months after the 13 and 15-inch MacBooks Air. This left some professionals and power users frustrated. The M3 Ultra might perform as well as the M4 Max - I haven't seen benchmarks yet - but the newer series is in the higher end devices which is what most people expect.
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