Apple’s M6 and M5 Ultra Show Two Very Different Ways to Build a Faster Mac
Apple’s M6 and M5 Ultra are not direct rivals: M6 brings a 2 nm design and dual Neural Engines to the Mac mini, while M5 Ultra uses four connected dies, huge memory, and workstation-class bandwidth in Mac Studio. Here’s what those architectural choices mean for coding, creative work, gaming, and running large AI models locally.