notebookcheck already posted full review of M3 MacBook Pro

[Darajavahus]

Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Review - The base model now comes without a Pro SoC

Notebookcheck reviews the brand-new Apple MacBook Pro 14 with the base M3 processor and brighter Liquid Retina XDR display.

www.notebookcheck.net

What I found most interesting is that display calibration is worse and idle energy consumption which is double of M2 which will suck for M3 MacBook Air.

 

[GMShadow]

Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3 Review - The base model now comes without a Pro SoC

Notebookcheck reviews the brand-new Apple MacBook Pro 14 with the base M3 processor and brighter Liquid Retina XDR display.

www.notebookcheck.net

What I found most interesting is that display calibration is worse and idle energy consumption which is double of M2 which will suck for M3 MacBook Air.

That idle maximum figure is not a direct comparison. The 13" Pro used an older, less bright 60hz screen. The Air will be unaffected.

 

[Mcdevidr]

Seems the chip is faster and more efficient. I know there are lots of people crying but I really value the single core performance so I can’t wait to try out the M3 pro I got coming tomorrow. I know in the great multi core war of 2023 m3 pro is seemingly a loser but to me it’s gonna be a winner.

 

[Flair4TheGold]

Seems the chip is faster and more efficient. I know there are lots of people crying but I really value the single core performance so I can’t wait to try out the M3 pro I got coming tomorrow. I know in the great multi core war of 2023 m3 pro is seemingly a loser but to me it’s gonna be a winner.

For someone like me who is going from a non-Apple laptop (with 8 GB RAM) to a MacBook Pro M3 36 GB RAM, I have nothing else to base the opinions on. It will just be a dramatic leap in computing performance.

 

[Darajavahus]

That idle maximum figure is not a direct comparison. The 13" Pro used an older, less bright 60hz screen. The Air will be unaffected.

Could be tho they probably set them to the same brightness and 14” goes down to 24hz