{"slug": "apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series", "title": "Apple to Skip M6 Pro and M6 Max, Jumps to M7 Series", "summary": "Apple has canceled its M6 Pro and M6 Max processors and will jump directly to the M7 series, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The base M6 chip is still on track for the MacBook Pro with improved CPU, NPU, and GPU, but higher-end variants will debut with the M7 family in 2027, which will be Apple's first chips manufactured by Intel using its 18A-P node.", "body_md": "Apple has reportedly canceled its M6 Pro and M6 Max processors, according to a recent note from Bloomberg's Apple insider Mark Gurman. Behind the scenes, there is a significant shift in Apple's silicon rollout strategy. The company is postponing the launch of its higher-end M6 SoC variants, like the M6 Pro and M6 Max, and is instead moving directly to the M7 processor family. Currently, Apple is testing the M6 SoC in the base MacBook Pro model, with many improvements in CPU microarchitecture and NPU performance for local AI processing. Reportedly, memory is also being upgraded for higher bandwidth, now targeting around 200 GB/s, up from 123 GB/s in the current base M5 SoC. The integrated GPU will see a 20% increase in core count, featuring 12 GPU cores in the M6, which will be a noticeable improvement from the current 10-core configuration in the M5.\n\nRegarding the more powerful versions of the M6, such as the M6 Pro and M6 Max, this will be the first generation of Apple M-Series chips to lack the Pro and Max versions, as these will appear in the next-generation M7 series coming next year. Apple is planning a complete overhaul of the SoCs to bring major performance increases for on-device AI processing, which will first appear with the M7 SoCs. Next year's base M7 processor is expected to arrive in the first half of 2027 and will also upgrade memory bandwidth to about 240 GB/s. As a reminder, this is supposed to be the [first Intel-manufactured](https://www.techpowerup.com/349020/apple-taps-intel-18a-p-node-for-m7-macbook-chip-14a-node-for-iphone) Apple Silicon design, utilizing 18A-P node. The M7 Pro and M7 Max will arrive in late 2027 with much higher bandwidth and performance. An M7 Ultra version will follow in 2028 for Mac Studio.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series", "canonical_source": "https://www.techpowerup.com/350307/apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series", "published_at": "2026-06-26 09:02:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-26 09:11:34.455529+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Apple", "Mark Gurman", "Bloomberg", "Intel", "M6 Pro", "M6 Max", "M7", "MacBook Pro"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-to-skip-m6-pro-and-m6-max-jumps-to-m7-series.jsonld"}}