That's what Xcode benchmarks seem to say. Yep, there appears to be no reason for... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		tomaskafka on Dec 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tracking developer build times to decide if the M3... That's what Xcode benchmarks seem to say. Yep, there appears to be no reason for getting M3 Pro instead of M2 Pro, but my guess is that after this (unfortunate) adjustment, they got the separation they wanted (a clear hierarchy of Max > Pro > base chip for both CPU and GPU power), and can then improve all three chips by a similar amount in the future generations.

Reason077 on Dec 29, 2023 | [–]

> ”Yep, there appears to be no reason for getting M3 Pro instead of M2 Pro”

There is if you care about efficiency / battery life.

kjkjadksj on Dec 30, 2023 | [–]

Don’t you get better single core performance in m3 pro? Iirc it has stronger performance and efficiency cores as well.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact