Apple's M3 MacBook Pro: A Powerful Mobile Desktop for Extreme Users

Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M3 Max chip has impressive performance benchmarks on Geekbench 6, coming close to the more expensive Mac Pro featuring the M2 Ultra. The M3 Max is up to 80% faster in CPU tasks and 50% faster in GPU tasks compared to the M1 Max. It scored 21,084 and 2,943 in multi-core and single-core respectively, surpassing the Snapdragon Elite X's multi-core score. This positions Apple well against competitors like Intel's Meteor Lake and Snapdragon's Elite X chip. The M3 Max variant of the MacBook Pro starts at $3,599 and will be available in November.