M6 Chip Benchmark Surfaces Ahead of New Mac Mini Launch Next Week
M6 Chip Benchmark Surfaces Ahead of New Mac Mini Launch Next WeekTuesday September 15, 2026 9:38 am PDT by Joe RossignolThe first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M6 chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a look at the chip's performance gains. The new Mac mini will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M6 chip, which is 2nm. Note that the M6 chip is in the new Mac mini, while the M5 chip scores are based on the 14-inch MacBook Pro, but performance should be similar.
- ▪M6 Chip Benchmark Surfaces Ahead of New Mac Mini Launch Next WeekTuesday September 15, 2026 9:38 am PDT by Joe RossignolThe first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M6 chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a loo
- ▪The new Mac mini will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M6 chip, which is 2nm.
- ▪Note that the M6 chip is in the new Mac mini, while the M5 chip scores are based on the 14-inch MacBook Pro, but performance should be similar.
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M6 Chip Benchmark Surfaces Ahead of New Mac Mini Launch Next WeekTuesday September 15, 2026 9:38 am PDT by Joe RossignolThe first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M6 chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a look at the chip's performance gains. The new Mac mini will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M6 chip, which is 2nm. Here is how the M6 chip scored: Single-core CPU score: 4,071 Multi-core CPU score: 22,783 Here are the average M5 chip scores for comparison: Single-core CPU score: 3,641 Multi-core CPU score: 17,948 If this single Geekbench 7 result is accurate, the M6 chip has up to around 12% faster single-core CPU performance and up to around 27% faster multi-core CPU performance compared to the M5 chip.
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