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M6 وM5 Ultra بالأرقام: ليش Mac mini بـ $899 صار أهم جهاز أعلنته آبل هالسنة

M6 and M5 Ultra by the numbers: why the $899 Mac mini is the most important device Apple announced this year

by Slorks 2026-09-19 0 0 replies
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M6 وM5 Ultra بالأرقام: ليش Mac mini بـ $899 صار أهم جهاز أعلنته آبل هالسنةالصورة: Apple Newsroom

25 August, a press release with no stage: M6, Apple's first 2nm chip, and M5 Ultra, the first quad-die chip. Pre-orders opened the same day; shipping starts 22 September.

Apple M6 and M5 Ultra chips
M6 and M5 Ultra — Photo: Apple Newsroom

M6 — the chip that will be in everything

CPU12 cores: 2 "Super" + 4 performance + 6 efficiency
GPU12 cores with neural accelerators inside every core
AIDual 16-core Neural Engine
MemoryUp to 32GB unified · 170GB/s
vs M5+20% multi-core · +30% GPU AI compute
vs M12.4× multi-core · 8× AI compute

The number that matters is not the 20%. The number that matters: 2.4× versus M1. If you have an M1 or M2 machine from the pandemic days, this is the first upgrade worth the money, no debate.

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M5 Ultra — for people who build models, not people who edit Reels

Mac Studio with Premiere Pro
Mac Studio with M5 Ultra on a Premiere Pro timeline — Photo: Apple Newsroom
CPUUp to 36 cores (12 Super + 24 performance)
GPUUp to 80 cores
MemoryUp to 512GB unified · 1.2TB/s
vs M3 Ultra+25% single-core · +30% multi-core · 4.5× AI compute

512GB of unified memory means running huge language models locally on a desk, no cloud. This is a machine for developers and AI labs. For a content creator, even one editing 8K, it is overspending.

Prices

Mac mini M6from $899 (≈ KWD 275 / AED 3,300) · 16GB base
Mac mini M5 Profrom $1,699 · up to 64GB · Thunderbolt 5
Ports (both)Front: 2× USB-C + headphone · Back: 3× Thunderbolt + HDMI + 2.5G Ethernet · Wi-Fi 7
$899MAC MINI M6

Bottom line

For a content creator editing 4K at a desk: the Mac mini M6 with 24 or 32GB is the smartest spend on the market today. M5 Pro if you edit long projects with heavy layers. M5 Ultra if your work is local AI — otherwise leave it to someone else.

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