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Apple debuts M6 as first 2nm chip and M5 Ultra as first quad-die M-series SoC
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Apple introduced M6, its first 2nm chip with a 12-core CPU and Dual 16-core Neural Engine in the Mac mini, alongside M5 Ultra, its first quad-die architecture with up to a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU in the Mac Studio.
M6's 2nm process and Dual Neural Engine deliver up to 2x peak AI compute and nearly 30% more GPU AI performance over M5, making on-device LLM workflows significantly faster. M5 Ultra's quad-die architecture provides 1.2TB/s unified memory bandwidth, 50% more than M3 Ultra, enabling desktop machines to run massive AI models locally.
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M6 is Apple's first 2nm chip, featuring a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, and a Dual 16-core Neural Engine delivering up to 2x peak AI compute over previous generations.
M5 Ultra is Apple's first quad-die M-series SoC, with up to a 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, and 1.2TB/s unified memory bandwidth, 50% more than M3 Ultra.
Both chips ship in new desktops: M6 in the Mac mini and M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio.
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