Apple announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 today. On the outside it is the same laptop; inside, it gets a chip with a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, a dual Neural Engine and, according to Apple, up to 24 hours of battery life, the longest of any Mac. It starts at $1,999 in the US and at 44,999 pesos in Apple's Mexico store, with 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage. Apple opens preorders in Mexico tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28, at 11:10 a.m. Mexico City time, with availability starting Friday, November 6.
The details
- M6 chip: the CPU has 12 cores, two more than the M5's. According to the tech specs, that breaks down into 2 "super cores" (Apple's name for its fastest cores), 4 performance cores, and 6 efficiency cores. The GPU also moves to 12 cores, with a Neural Accelerator in each one, and the Neural Engine (the part of the chip built for AI) is now a dual design with 16 cores per unit.
- Performance: compared with the MacBook Pro with M5, Apple promises up to 30% faster graphics, up to 25% faster on-device AI workloads, and a Neural Engine up to 1.9x faster. It offers no comparison with the M5 Pro.
- Memory: 16GB standard, configurable to 24GB or 32GB. Note that memory bandwidth (how fast data moves between memory and the chip) is 153GB/s with 16GB and only rises to 170GB/s with 24GB or 32GB.
- Storage: 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB.
- Battery: up to 24 hours of video streaming and up to 16 hours of wireless web browsing. With a 96W or higher charger it reaches 50% in about 30 minutes; the box includes a 70W adapter.
- What stays the same: a Liquid Retina XDR display with 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness and a nano-texture glass option, a 12MP Center Stage camera, six speakers, HDMI, MagSafe 3, an SDXC card slot, and three Thunderbolt 4 ports. It has Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 and supports up to two external displays.
- Software and colors: it ships with macOS 27, in space black and silver.
Doing the math: M6 vs. M5 Pro
The M6 does not arrive alone: Apple's Mexico store no longer lists the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5, so the real comparison is the M5 Pro version Apple launched in March. In the US, the 14-inch M5 Pro went from $2,199 to $2,499 in Apple's June price increase, according to Engadget, so it now costs $500 more than the M6.
Mexico got the same treatment: Apple at 49,999 pesos, and in June it raised prices on several Macs, according to (the 14-inch MacBook Pro went from 37,999 to 44,999 pesos). Today, sells the entry 14-inch M5 Pro (15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 1TB) at 54,999 pesos, 10,000 more than the base M6; according to the tech specs, it comes with 24GB of memory.
