Apple M3

Apple M3 series
General information
Launched	M3, M3 Pro and Max: October 30, 2023; M3 Ultra: March 12, 2025;
Discontinued	M3 Pro and Max: October 30, 2024; M3: March 4, 2026 M3 Ultra: August 25, 2026
Marketed by	Apple Inc.
Designed by	Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer	TSMC;
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	4.05 GHz (performance cores) 2.75 GHz (efficiency cores)
Physical specifications
Transistors	25–184 billion;
Cores	M3; 8 (4 P-Cores + 4 E-Cores); M3 Pro; 11 or 12 (5 or 6 P-Cores + 6 E-Cores); M3 Max; 14 or 16 (10 or 12 P-Cores + 4 E-Cores); M3 Ultra; 28 or 32 (20 or 24 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores); ;
Memory (RAM)	LPDDR5-6400 memory (8–512 GB);
GPUs	Apple-designed integrated graphics; M3; 8, 9 or 10 cores; M3 Pro; 14 or 18 cores; M3 Max; 30 or 40 core; M3 Ultra; 60 or 80 cores;
Co-processor	NPU: 18 TOPS
Cache
L1 cache	Performance cores; 192+128 KiB per core; Efficiency cores; 128+64 KiB per core
L2 cache	Performance cores; M3 and M3 Pro: 16 MiB; M3 Max: 32 MiB; M3 Ultra: 64 MiB; Efficiency cores; M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, M3 Ultra: 4 MiB
Architecture and classification
Application	Desktop (iMac, Mac Studio), notebook (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro) and tablet (iPad Air)
Technology node	3 nm (N3B)
Microarchitecture	Ibiza/Lobos/Palma
Instruction set	ARMv8.6-A
Products, models, variants
Variant	M3; M3 Pro; M3 Max; M3 Ultra; Apple A17 Pro;
History
Predecessor	Apple M2
Successor	Apple M4

The Apple M3 is a series of ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple, part of the Apple silicon series, as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) for its Mac desktops and notebooks and the iPad Air tablets. Released in late 2023, it is the third generation of ARM architecture intended for Apple's Mac computers after switching from Intel Core to Apple silicon, succeeding the Apple M2. The M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max were introduced on October 30, 2023, and were followed by a workstation ship, the M3 Ultra, in March 2025.