Apple M5 Chip (2025) |
Apple M6 Chip (2026) |
Made with TSMC's third-generation [3nm](https://www.macrumors.com/guide/3nm/) process (N3P) |
Made with TSMC's first-generation 2nm process (N2) |
FinFET transistors |
Gate-all-around nanosheet transistors | 10-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores |
12-core CPU with 2 super cores, 4 performance cores, and 6 efficiency cores |
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Super cores dedicated to single-threaded workloads |
16-core Neural Engine |
Dual 16-core Neural Engine that system frameworks can run simultaneously |
10-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in every core |
12-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in every core |
Enhanced shader cores |
Updated shader core architecture |
Second-generation dynamic caching |
Third-generation dynamic caching |
153 GB/s unified memory bandwidth |
170 GB/s unified memory bandwidth |
source & further reading
macrumors.com — original article