Apple Scary Fast event: M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chipsets launched; 5 things to know

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M3 family of chips, represents a significant leap in graphics architecture for their silicon, claims Apple. As per the company, this GPU features Dynamic Caching, a technology that allocates local memory in real time, using just the precise amount of memory required for each task. This boosts GPU utilization and enhances performance for demanding professional applications and games, transparent to developers.

Moreover, the M3 chips introduce hardware-accelerated ray tracing to Mac for the first time, enabling apps to create realistic and physically accurate images by modeling the behavior of light in scenes. Pro apps are believed to achieve up to 2.5 times the speed of the previous M1 family of chips, and game developers can utilize ray tracing for more precise shadows and reflections, creating immersive environments. Furthermore, the new GPU includes hardware-accelerated mesh shading, offering greater efficiency in geometry processing for visually complex scenes in games and graphics-heavy applications.

These advancements maintain Apple's power efficiency, with the M3 GPU delivering the same performance as the M1 while using nearly half the power and up to 65 percent better performance. The next-gen CPU in the M3 series introduces architectural enhancements to both performance and efficiency cores. Compared to the M1 series, the performance cores are now up to 30 percent faster, indicates Apple.