Apple once developed “M2 Extreme” and “M3 Extreme” chips for the Mac Pro, but it decided not to release them, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. He first reported on this topic in 2022, and he touched on it again in his Power On newsletter today.
“Extreme” chips would have had twice as many CPU and GPU cores as Apple’s “Ultra” chips.
“The idea was to offer twice as many graphics and main processing cores as that chip,” he said. “In the past, I’ve called this proposed processor the ‘Extreme’ chip, which to me is the most sensible Apple marketing name for something above Ultra.”
Apple discontinued the Mac Pro earlier this year following a 20-year run.
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