GoKawiilApple has a new M6 MacBook Pro launching this fall with a 14-inch screen and the current industrial design. Now that the M6 chip has officially been unveiled, here are three upgrades to expect from the new MacBook Pro.
#1: Dual 16-core Neural Engine
If AI is in any way significant to your workflows—and with macOS 27, it will be for even more users—then the M6 MacBook Pro could be a big upgrade.
That’s because the M6 chip includes a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, up from the standard 16-core version available in M5 and prior. Per Apple:
M6 also introduces a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, providing up to 2x the peak compute over previous generations to make on-device AI workflows run even faster. System frameworks can automatically utilize both engines simultaneously, enabling applications to see faster model execution.
#2: 12-core CPU and GPU with powerful new cores
The base M6 chip offers a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU. Both are solid upgrades over the M5, which was limited to 10 cores each.
M6’s new CPU cores are especially interesting, as Apple is bringing three distinct core types to its base chip for the first time. It has 2 super cores, 4 performance cores, and 6 efficiency cores. Here’s what Apple says about each core:
Super cores : “blaze through single-threaded workloads”
: “blaze through single-threaded workloads” Performance cores : “use less power and join the super cores to run demanding multithreaded workloads”
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