The first unverified benchmark result for Apple’s new M6 chip appeared today in the Geekbench 7 database, offering a look at the chip’s performance gains. The new Mac mini will be the first Apple device equipped with the 2nm M6 chip. Here’s how the M6 chip scored: Single-core CPU score: 4,071 Multi-core CPU score: 22,783 Here are the M5 chip’s average 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 single-core CPU performance up to approximately 12% faster core and up to approximately 27% faster multi-core CPU performance compared to the M5 chip. 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. Apple said the M6 chip has the world’s fastest single-threaded CPU performance, and its single-core score of 4,071 beats all other Macs and PCs in the Geekbench 7 database, including the M5 Max chip (3,731) and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (3,396). Up to 27% faster multi-core CPU performance is in line with Apple’s claim of up to 1.2x faster multi-threaded performance, so all of Apple’s announced claims stand. Here’s where the M6 chip fits in for maximum multi-core CPU performance: M5 Ultra: 52,516 M3 Ultra: 39,059 M5 Max: 35,119 M5 Pro: 33,593 M4 Max: 29,047 M2 Ultra: 28,789 M4 Pro: 24,894 M3 Max: 24,649 M1 Ultra: 23,328 M6: 22,783 M5: 17,948 M2 Max: 17,387 M3 Pro: 16,880 M2 Pro: 16,725 M4: 15,477 M1 Max: 14,299 M1 Pro: 13,914 M3: 11,650 M2: 9,809 M1: 8,582 Based on these scores, the M6 chip is more than 2.5 times faster than Apple’s original M1 chip. As always, real-world performance varies. The new Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips and the new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips will launch on Tuesday, September 22. We are still waiting for the GPU results for the M6 chip to appear in Geekbench 7.
