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Apple puts its new M6 chip in the 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac

MacBook Pro from US$1,999 · A$3,199. Apple says both arrive from 6 Nov.

Wednesday 28 October 2026 · 2 min read

Apple's M6 logo over a 14-inch MacBook Pro, from Apple's announcement
Image: Apple

Apple has announced a 14-inch MacBook Pro and an iMac with its new M6 chip. Apple says the MacBook Pro's M6 has a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, two more cores each than before, with up to 30% faster graphics than M5. It has 16GB of unified memory as standard, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, and Apple quotes up to 24 hours of battery life.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at US$1,999 · A$3,199, and the iMac starts at US$1,499 · A$2,399, according to Apple's US and Australian announcements. Apple says pre-orders open on 28 Oct in the US and 29 Oct in Australia, and both machines arrive from 6 Nov. Tom's Hardware also reported the launch.

Performance figures are Apple's own claims from its testing.

Sources: Apple · Apple Australia · Tom's Hardware

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