Apple unveils M6 and M5 Ultra chips with major performance and AI compute gains
ghumare64 · x · 2026-08-26
Apple debuted the M6 and M5 Ultra chips. The M6, Apple's first 2nm chip, features a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, and Dual 16-core Neural Engine. The M5 Ultra utilizes a quad-die architecture with up to a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, delivering 1.2TB/s of unified memory bandwidth—a 50% increase over M3 Ultra. Designed for the Mac mini and Mac Studio, these chips focus on significant leaps in performance and AI capabilities.
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