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Apple announces Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips

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Apple unveiled a new Mac mini featuring the M6 and M5 Pro chips, with a 12-core GPU and Neural Accelerators in each core, delivering up to 4x faster AI performance and 2x faster graphics.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-08-26 19:13 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Mac mini with m5 pro or m6
  2. 2026-08-25 13:44 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro
  3. 2026-08-25 13:05 · r/LocalLLM
    New Mac Mini M6 and M5 Pro announced

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