Apple Unveils M6 on 2nm and Quad-Die M5 Ultra With 4.5x AI Compute Jump, Ships in New Mac mini and Mac Studio
Summary
Apple launched its first 2-nanometer M6 (12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, dual 16-core Neural Engine, up to 32GB unified memory at 170GB/s) and its first quad-die M-series, the M5 Ultra (up to 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 512GB memory at 1.2TB/s). Apple claims the M6 delivers ~30% more peak GPU AI compute than M5, and the M5 Ultra offers up to 4.5x the AI GPU compute of M3 Ultra. WSJ pegs the new Mac mini at $899+ and Mac Studio at $5,499+, roughly $100-$200 above prior tiers.
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okay, maybe Kimi K3 actually is a local model www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
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