Apple unveiled a 14-inch MacBook Pro with its new M6 chip on Tuesday. The laptop starts at $1,999 and comes in space black and silver. Apple also announced an M6-powered iMac starting at $1,499.
The MacBook Pro offers up to 24 hours of battery life and supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. Its M6 chip has a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU. Apple says it has the world’s fastest CPU core and delivers up to 30% faster graphics and up to 25% faster AI workloads than the M5 chip.
For LLM prompt processing, Apple says the M6 MacBook Pro is up to 13 times faster than the M1 MacBook Pro. The company also claims up to 1.3 times faster performance than the M5 model.
The laptop starts with 16GB of unified memory and can be configured with up to 32GB. Memory bandwidth reaches 170GB/s, compared with 153GB/s on the M5 chip. It has HDMI, MagSafe 3, three Thunderbolt 4 ports, an SDXC card slot, a headphone jack and a 12-megapixel camera. With a compatible high-wattage USB-C adapter, it can charge to 50% in 30 minutes.
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Apple says the new iMac has a faster CPU and GPU, with Neural Accelerators in every core. The company says it handles multitasking, everyday apps, photo editing and video production, and delivers up to five times faster on-device AI performance than the M4 model.
The iMac has a 24-inch 4.5K Retina display, an advanced camera and audio system, up to four Thunderbolt 4 ports, color-matched accessories and macOS 27. It comes in blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange and silver.
Apple announced the two computers a day before its Wednesday “Pro and Tell” event. It had announced a new iPad mini on Monday. Preorders for the MacBook Pro and iMac begin October 28, and both will be available November 6.
