Apple launches new M6 and M5 Ultra Apple silicon chips — debuting in new Mac Mini and Mac Studio

Apple has unveiled its next-generation M6 Apple silicon chip and a powerful M5 Ultra, set to debut in the new Mac Mini and Mac Studio, respectively. The M6, Apple's first chip on a 2-nanometer process, boasts a 12-core CPU with two super cores, four performance cores, and six efficiency cores, along with a 12-core GPU and a 12-core GPU featuring neural accelerators.

It also includes a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, with a memory bandwidth of 170GB/s. The M5 Ultra, Apple's first chip using UltraFusion technology for a quad-die architecture, offers up to 36 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores, with 1.2TB/S of unified memory bandwidth, which Apple claims is 50% higher than the M3 Ultra. Pre-orders for the new Mac Mini and Mac Studio are now available.

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