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Over the weekend, Bloomberg\u2019s<\/em> Mark Gurman dug into the specs<\/a> of a Mac Mini in testing with the new generation of Apple Silicon, and today, he\u2019s reporting<\/a> that in the high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro, at least one version of the M3 Max chip seen in testing contains 16 CPU cores and 40 GPU cores as well as up to 48GB of memory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Extensive rumors about Apple\u2019s hardware refresh cycle are a sign summer is ending and we\u2019re moving into the fall, and now that Apple has delivered on its promise of a new Mac Pro<\/a> \u2014 even if it\u2019s less exciting<\/a> than many had hoped for \u2014 the M3 refresh cycle appears ready to get started. New MacBooks (Pro and Air), as well as Mac Mini and iMac desktops, are set to launch over the next year starting in October, and Gurman notes the update 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro are \u201clikely\u201d to launch in 2024. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n More specifically, according to the report, test logs he\u2019s seen from a third-party app developer point to a split in the CPU cores with 12 high-performance (four more than the current M2 Max in laptops) and four efficiency cores (the same number as the M2 Max), which could increase processing power for stuff like video editing or extreme Excel sports while maintaining similar battery life to previous models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n