Apple Introduces M6 and M5 Ultra Processors

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Apple launches the 2 nm M6 for Mac mini and the quad-die M5 Ultra for Mac Studio, with major CPU, GPU, AI, and memory gains.

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Apple has introduced the M6 processor in the new Mac mini and the M5 Ultra in the new Mac Studio. The M6 is built on a 2 nm process with a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, dual 16-core Neural Engine, and up to 170 GB/s of unified memory bandwidth, while M5 Ultra uses a quad-die UltraFusion design for professional and AI workloads.

M5 Ultra combines up to 36 CPU cores, 80 GPU cores with Neural Accelerators, 512 GB of unified memory, and 1.2 TB/s of memory bandwidth. Apple says M6 supports up to 32 GB of unified memory and faster on-device AI, while M5 Ultra adds advanced ray tracing, media engines, and the capacity to run very large language models locally.

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