Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio packs its "most powerful chip ever," while the Mac mini jumps to M6

Apple has refreshed its Mac Studio and Mac mini desktop computers with new processors. The Mac Studio now features the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, with the latter being Apple's "most powerful chip ever". The M5 Ultra includes an up-to-36 core CPU and up-to-80 core GPU and 1.2 TB/s of unified memory bandwidth.

The Mac mini has been upgraded to Apple's new M6 chip or an M5 Pro. The M6 chip includes a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU that offers 4x faster AI performance. The new M6 Mac mini starts at $899, a $100 increase over the M5 version, and the M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at $5,499.

Both machines are available to preorder and will be in stores on September 22, shipping with the latest major Mac operating system update, macOS 27 Golden Gate. According to Tom's Hardware, the price increases are part of a trend that started in late June, with Apple's computing devices seeing price increases ranging from a few hundred bucks to $1,300.

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