Apple M6 analysis: first 2 nm Mac chip beats AMD, Intel and Qualcomm

The Apple M6 is the first Mac chip built on TSMC's 2 nm N2 process, debuting in the 2026 Mac mini. It is about 25% faster than M4 and 10% faster than M5 in single-core tests, 44% and 21% faster in multi-core, while its 12-core GPU is 30% faster than M5 graphics.

• 2 nm TSMC N2 process, two CPU clusters and two neural engines
• Clocks up to 4.78 GHz, up to 32 GB RAM and up to 170 GB/s bandwidth
• Single-core performance 30% above Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme
• 12-core GPU is 30% faster than M5 and 80% faster than M4