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Comparisons:
M3 base:
CPU: 20% faster than M2 base
GPU: 20% faster than M2 base
M3 Pro:
CPU: Undisclosed performance vs M2 Pro, 20% faster than M1 Pro
GPU: 10% faster than M2 Pro
M3 Max
CPU: 50% faster than M2 Max
GPU: 20% faster than M2 Max
It seems the biggest improvements were on M3 Max. For the M3 family, all will enjoy an upgraded screen brightness (From 500 nits to 600), hardware accelerated raytracing and hardware accelerated mesh shading
I'm not incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to hardware, but a 50% CPU and 20% GPU increase does not seem insignificant for a product upgrade (M2 Max --> M3 Max) in less than a year.
Only highest end M3 Max(highest binned 12 p core + 4 ecore) while M2 Max has 8+4. But you have to pay lot more to get the M3 Max laptops. I would wait for independent benchmarks across applications to see actual improvements.
People would kill If intel increased their HEDT or i9 by 50%