Apple ($AAPL) unveiled its M6 and M5 Ultra chips alongside new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, expanding its desktop lineup with substantially higher CPU, GPU, memory, and on-device AI capabilities. Apple said M6 is its first chip built on a 2-nanometer process, while M5 Ultra introduces the first quad-die architecture in an M-series system-on-a-chip.
- M6 features a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, Dual 16-core Neural Engine, up to 32GB of unified memory, and 170GB/s of memory bandwidth.
- Apple says M6 delivers up to 1.2x faster multithreaded CPU performance and nearly 30% more peak GPU AI compute than M5.
- M5 Ultra combines two dual-die M5 Max chips using UltraFusion, providing an up-to-36-core CPU and 80-core GPU.
- M5 Ultra supports up to 512GB of unified memory and 1.2TB/s of bandwidth, enabling large AI models to run entirely on-device.
- The new chips power Apple's updated Mac mini and Mac Studio desktops.
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