# M5 vs. M6 Chip Buyer's Guide: How Much Better Really Is M6? > Source: > Published: 2026-08-26 10:58:04+00:00 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 | | 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 |