Comment by ndiddy
5 hours ago
It's interesting that they've decided to release a new high-end model this year even though they aren't coming out with new high-end M6 chips. Apparently they have decided to not make Pro/Max versions of the M6 in favor of accelerating development of the M7 series, which will have improved support for on-device AI. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/2027-macs-m7-chips/
Historically speaking, the Pro/Max versions of the chips have become available at around the same time the next-generation base chip does. So, M4 Pro/Max shipped when M5 shipped, M5 Pro/Max shipped when M6 shipped, and so forth.
Yeah they have done this for awhile now. It is weird to have your cheapest base model option outperform your MUCH more expensive configs on single core perf though.
The more you learn about CPU design and the tradeoffs involved across different performance dimensions, the less surprised you become over time. :-)
The Macbook Pro with M5 Pro/Max came out in March, while the Macbook Pro with M6 came out yesterday.
ONLY on the 14", no M6 MAX etc.
They’ve done it before: first retina model has the same cpu and GPU as the previous gen