Apple Unveils 2nm M6 and 36-Core M5 Ultra Chips for Macs
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Updated · The Verge · Aug 25
Apple Unveils 2nm M6 and 36-Core M5 Ultra Chips for Macs
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Aug 25
Summary
Apple introduced the M6 as its first 2nm Mac chip and paired it with the M5 Ultra, which it called its most powerful chip yet for 3D rendering and frontier AI workloads.
The M6 moves to a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU from 10 cores each in the M5, adds a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, and supports up to 32GB of unified memory.
The M5 Ultra uses UltraFusion to link two dual-die M5 Max chips into a quad-die design, scaling to a 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine, and 512GB of unified memory.
Apple is putting the M6 in a new Mac mini and the M5 Ultra in an upgraded Mac Studio, with preorders opening Tuesday and shipments starting Sept. 22.