Apple today announced a refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro featuring the M6 chip, improved connectivity specs, and more.
The M6 chip in the MacBook Pro features a 12-core CPU with 2 super cores, 4 performance cores, and 6 efficiency cores, paired with a 12-core GPU. This is an improvement over the M5 chip with a 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores, paired with a 10-core GPU.
The M6 features an advanced 12-core processor with the world’s fastest CPU core, so everything from productivity tasks to more demanding professional workflows feels incredibly fast and responsive. The 12-core GPU delivers up to 30% faster graphics and up to 25% faster AI workloads compared to the M5, making the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 a compelling value for users who need serious power.
The Neural Engine goes from 16 cores to a dual 16-core Neural Engine system with 32 cores in total. Memory bandwidth also increases from 153 GB/s to 170 GB/s, but only on models with 24 GB and 32 GB of memory.
With additional neural accelerators in the GPU and a dual 16-core neural engine, the M6 transforms the MacBook Pro into an even more powerful platform for AI, whether leveraging Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features in apps and macOS or running LLMs locally, while maintaining user privacy.
Alongside the M6 chip, the new 14-inch MacBook Pro now supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity via Apple’s N1 wireless chip. It can also now drive two external 4K displays at up to 165Hz, up from 144Hz.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro continues to start with 1TB of storage. The previous model’s 512GB configuration was discontinued in March.
Everything else remains the same as the previous model with the M5 chip. The new 14-inch MacBook Pro is available for pre-order starting tomorrow (Wednesday, October 28). It will launch on Friday, November 6. It starts at $1,999.
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