If you’re hankering for the M3 Ultra chip, you might have a valid reason to do so.
Per a recent series of rumors, the chip could feature as many as 80 graphics cores available to users, making it massively powerful.
Per Mark Gurman’s “Power On” newsletter for Bloomberg, the M3 Ultra could follow the same pattern as that established for the M1 and M2 chips, wherein the Ultra edition featured twice the core counts and other elements of the Max version. This is because Apple effectively connected two Max chips with an interconnect and called them the M1 Ultra and M2 Ultra.
For M2, the Pro had up to 12 CPU cores and 19 graphics cores, the M2 Max had 12 CPU cores and 38 graphics cores, and the M2 Ultra went up to 24 CPU cores and 76 graphics cores.
Gurman also pointed out that “Apple deviated a bit from that approach with the new M3 line,” and that the M3 Max included more CPU cores as well as a doubling of GPU cores.
“This has implications for the M3 Ultra, which Apple hasn’t announced yet,” it is proposed. If continues doubling CPU and graphics cores for the Ultra, the Mac chip could end up with 32 CPU cores and 80 graphics cores.
If the memory component follows suit, it’s also possible that Apple could include a configuration option for 256 gigabytes.
Finally, Gurman stated that the details of the Ultra edition will be known within months as testing commences and that a launch will happen sometime in 2024.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider and Bloomberg