Analyst Kuo: next MacBook Pros will be released in 2024 and will have M3 sockets on 3nm

The next models of Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops will be released in 2024 and will have M3 Pro and M3 Max sockets, claims analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities. Apple coincidentally announced new MacBook Pro models on Tuesday with M2 Pro and M2 Max sockets.

The following MacBook Pro laptop models will go into mass production in the first six months of next year, expects Ming-Chi Kuo. He assumes that they will have the M3 Pro or the M3 Max that are baked on 3nm. The M3 SoCs mentioned will be produced based on TSMC’s N3P or N3S process, Kuo expects. N3P is a process for economical chips and N3S is a variant for higher density and potentially smaller chips.

The aforementioned M3 Pro and M3 Max should be the successors to the M2 Pro or M2 Max sockets that are included in the latest models of the MacBook Pro laptops announced on Tuesday. Apple states that the new M2 SoCs have a 40 percent faster Neural Engine with 16 cores, compared to previous Apple SoCs. The M2 Pro has 40 billion transistors; that’s 20 percent more than the M1 Pro and twice more than the number in the regular M2.

Further expects Kuo that the next Mac mini will also be released in 2024 and will not be redesigned. The analyst does not say anything else about the processors or specifications of these 2024 models. Apple also announced updated Mac mini models on Tuesday that are equipped with the standard M2 SoC or the faster and also new M2 Pro.

Apple MacBook Pro with M2 sockets