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| Launched | Late 2026 |
| Designed by | Apple |
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| Co-processor | 16-core Neural Engine |
| Architecture and classification | |
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| Technology node | 2 nm (N3P) |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
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| Predecessor | Apple M5 |
The Apple M6 will be a series of ARM-based systems on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. as part of the Apple silicon family. Each chip integrates a central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), neural processing unit (NPU), and unified memory on a single package. The base M6 will be announced on October 2026 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, iPad Air, and MacBook Air, succeeding the Apple M5.
All three variants are manufactured on TSMC's third-generation 3-nanometer process. The base M5 uses a traditional single-die design, while the M5 Pro and M5 Max introduce the Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, which bonds two dies into a single SoC using advanced packaging.
Design
[edit]Additional features
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The base M6 uses Thunderbolt 4. The base M6 supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.
Performance
[edit]Apple's has not yet claimed performance improvements, based on internal benchmarks conducted in September 2026, are summarized below.
M6 (vs. M5):
- CPU multithreaded performance: up to 18% faster
- Overall GPU performance: up to 25% faster
- Ray-tracing GPU performance: up to 40% faster
- Peak GPU AI compute: over 2× faster
Products
[edit]M6
[edit]- iMac (M6, 2026)
- Mac mini (2026)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2026)
- MacBook Air (M6, 2027)
- iPad Air (M6, 2028)
Variants
[edit]| Variant | CPU | GPU | NPU | Memory | Architecture | Used in | |||||||
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Cores | Neural Accelerators |
Cores | Performance | RAM (MT/s) | Controllers | Bandwidth | Max Capacity | |||
| M6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 50-55 TOPS | LPDDR5X-10667 | 8 | 200 GB/s | 12 GB | Single die | iPad Air (128GB, 256GB) |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | 16, 24, or 32 GB | iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
iPad Air (512GB, 1TB) | |||||||||
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