Draft:Apple M6

Apple M6
General information
Launched	Late 2026
Designed by	Apple
Common manufacturer	TSMC;
Physical specifications
Cores	M6; 10 (2 super + 2 performance + 4 efficiency) or; 12 (2 super + 4 performance + 6 efficiency); ;
Memory (RAM)	M6; LPDDR5X 10667 MT/s; (12, 16, 24 or 32 GB); ;
GPUs	Apple-designed integrated graphics; M6; 8 or 10 cores;
Co-processor	16-core Neural Engine
Architecture and classification
Application	Desktop (iMac, Mac mini); Tablet (iPad Air); Laptop (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro);
Technology node	2 nm (N3P)
Instruction set	ARMv9.2-A
Products, models, variants
Variant	M6; ;
History
Predecessor	Apple M5

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Declined by Timtrent 27 days ago. Last edited by Thisusernameisprivate (why) 25 days ago.

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Comment: No references = no article 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 19:36, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

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

Additional features

The base M6 uses Thunderbolt 4. The base M6 supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.

Performance

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

M6

Variants

Apple M5 series configurations
Variant	CPU			GPU		NPU		Memory				Architecture	Used in
Variant	S- cores	P- cores	E- cores	Cores	Neural Accelerators	Cores	Performance	RAM (MT/s)	Controllers	Bandwidth	Max Capacity	Architecture	Used in
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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