Apple unveiled two of its latest chips, the M6 ​​and M5 Ultra, aimed at professional users seeking top-tier performance on macOS for demanding tasks such as training AI models, complex video editing, and 3D design. The M6 ​​is Apple's first 2-nanometer chip.

Apple unveils the M6, its first 2-nanometer chip, and the M5 Ultra.

The M6 ​​chip features a 12-core CPU and the world's fastest single-core performance.

The M5 Ultra chip is based on a quad-chip architecture and is the most powerful chip in Apple's history.

Both chips focus on AI performance in the Mac mini and Mac Studio.

Apple officially announced the two chips, both targeting professional users with the most demanding tasks. The M6 ​​chip appears in the new Mac mini, while the M5 Ultra chip appears in the Mac Studio, together representing the company's latest offering in processing power for AI and professional creative workloads.

The M6 ​​is the first 2-nanometer chip.

The M6 ​​uses 2-nanometer manufacturing technology, allowing Apple to pack more transistors into a smaller area while improving power efficiency. The chip features a 12-core CPU, two more than the M5 chip, distributed across two high-performance cores, four performance cores, and six energy-efficient cores.

Apple stated that the M6's CPU delivers the world's fastest single-core performance. Its multi-core performance surpasses the M5 chip by 1.2 times, and by 2.4 times compared to the M1 chip, representing a significant speed leap across successive generations of the company's chips.

In terms of graphics processing, the M6 ​​chip features twelve cores, each containing a dedicated neural accelerator for AI tasks. Apple's internal tests indicate that the chip is 30% faster than the M5 in AI tasks and eight times faster than the M1, with support for hardware ray tracing and dynamic caching.