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  "id": "m3",
  "name": "M3",
  "url": "https://2benches.lost.plus/chips/m3",
  "architecture": {
    "id": "g3",
    "name": "A16 / A17 · M3",
    "cores": "Everest / Sawtooth family"
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  "status": "released",
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  "dataCheckedAt": "2026-09-21",
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    "Scores are medians of sourced results; low/high is the observed source range.",
    "Configuration scores use only results attributed to that configuration.",
    "similar lists the nearest measured configurations of other chips by Geekbench 7 CPU and Metal; ratio > 1 means faster.",
    "estimate values are forecasts, never measurements."
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        "count": 5
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench 7 · Metal GPU",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 47646,
        "low": 42873,
        "high": 47930,
        "count": 3
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · GPU · Single",
      "unit": "score",
      "measured": {
        "median": 8173.5,
        "low": 8118,
        "high": 8229,
        "count": 2
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · GPU · Half",
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      "measured": {
        "median": 9386,
        "low": 9347,
        "high": 9425,
        "count": 2
      },
      "estimate": null
    },
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · GPU · Quantized",
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        "median": 8642.5,
        "low": 8575,
        "high": 8710,
        "count": 2
      },
      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · Neural Engine · Single",
      "unit": "score",
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        "median": 4074.5,
        "low": 4066,
        "high": 4083,
        "count": 2
      },
      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · Neural Engine · Half",
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        "low": 30609,
        "high": 30714,
        "count": 2
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      "label": "Geekbench AI · Neural Engine · Quantized",
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        "high": 34477,
        "count": 2
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      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Prefill 512 · F16",
      "unit": "tok/s",
      "measured": null,
      "estimate": null
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      "measured": null,
      "estimate": null
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        "high": 186.75,
        "count": 1
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      "estimate": null
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      "label": "Decode 128 · Q4_0",
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        "low": 21.34,
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        "count": 1
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      "estimate": null
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        },
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          "bin": "binned",
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          "release": "2023-01-24",
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