Apple is hours away from hosting its last (probably) event for the year at a rather odd time. We expect the new M3 chip and the refreshed MacBook Pros with the new chip. While details are scarce at the moment, we have a new leak that gives us some information about the new iteration of Apple silicon. Check them out below.

Apple's new M3 chip series will likely include the standard M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max versions and according to Mark Gurman's latest Power On newsletter, we have some technical details to look at. The M3 chip will most likely feature 8 CPU cores (4 performance and 4 efficiency cores), along with 10 GPU cores. While this is similar to the M2 chip, the performance upgrade will likely be in improved memory configurations.

The M3 Pro chip is said to have several configurations, including a version with 12 CPU cores (6 performance and 6 efficiency cores) and 18 GPU cores, and another version with 14 CPU and 20 GPU cores. The M3 Max can also follow the lead with different configurations. There may be a variant with 16 CPU cores (12 performance and 4 efficiency cores) and as many as 40 GPU cores. There may be a version with fewer 32 GPU cores.

The new M3 series is expected to be based on the 3nm process, which would be a big highlight for Apple. Competitors like Qualcomm, Intel, and Nvidia still haven't started manufacturing the 3nm desktop processor yet, so that could give Apple a big head start in gaining more traction. It remains to be seen how this translates into actual performance!