{
  "id": 3270155,
  "title": "Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips and More",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-announces-new-mac-mini-with-m6-and-m5-pro-chips-and-more",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:11:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacRumors",
    "slug": "macrumors",
    "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/25/apple-announces-2026-mac-mini/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple has unveiled its latest Mac mini model, which offers either the brand-new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip previously announced. The M6 chip boasts a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, a leap from the 10-core CPU and GPU found in the M5 chip. One standout feature of the M6 chip is its first-ever dual Neural Engine, comprising two 16-core engines, compared to previous chips that only had a single 16-core engine. According to Apple, the M6-equipped Mac mini delivers up to 40% faster CPU performance, up to four times faster AI task processing, up to twice the graphics performance, and up to twice the storage speed compared to the previous-generation model using the 10-core M4 chip, 32GB of unified memory, and 2TB of storage. Pre-orders for the new Mac mini are now open, with shipments set to begin on September 22. In the United States, the M6 model begins at $899, while the M5 Pro model starts at $1,699.",
  "summary": "Apple today announced the next-generation Mac mini, which can be configured with an all-new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year. The M6 chip is equipped with a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, up from a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU in the M5 chip. In addition, the M6 chip features the first-ever dual Neural Engine with two 16-core engines, up from one in previous chips. Apple said…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}