Apple Mac Mini M6 and Mac Studio M5 Ultra: Specs, Price, Release Date
Apple Mac Mini M6 and Mac Studio M5 Ultra: Specs, Price, Release Date
Apple Mac Mini M6 与 Mac Studio M5 Ultra：规格、价格与发布日期
Apple has announced fresh versions of the Mac Mini and Mac Studio desktop computers, alongside some new chips: the M6 and M5 Ultra. 苹果公司宣布了 Mac Mini 和 Mac Studio 台式电脑的全新版本，并同步推出了几款新芯片：M6 和 M5 Ultra。
Neither Mac desktop has undergone any physical changes on the exterior, but the long-awaited update brings these Macs back into stock after being difficult to buy for most of this year. Importantly, this serves as our first introduction to the M6 chip, which we will likely see much more of in future MacBooks. 这两款 Mac 台式机在外观上没有任何物理变化，但这次期待已久的更新解决了今年大部分时间里这两款产品供货紧缺的问题。更重要的是，这是我们首次接触到 M6 芯片，未来我们很可能会在更多的 MacBook 产品中看到它。
Skipping the M5 entirely, the Mac Mini now comes in two flavors: the M6 and the M5 Pro. The M5 Pro is the same chip that’s currently found in the MacBook Pro, but the M6 is brand new. It’s the first Apple Silicon part to be built on 2-nanometer process technology and also adds extra cores to the mix. This is a 12-core CPU—another first for Apple—broken down into two super cores, four performance cores, and six efficiency cores. Mac Mini 跳过了 M5 版本，现在提供两种配置：M6 和 M5 Pro。M5 Pro 是目前 MacBook Pro 上所使用的同款芯片，而 M6 则是全新的。它是首款采用 2 纳米工艺制造的 Apple Silicon 芯片，并增加了额外的核心。这是一颗 12 核 CPU（苹果的又一项首创），由两个超大核、四个性能核和六个能效核组成。
New here are the performance cores, which Apple says are designed to speed up multithreaded tasks while preserving efficiency. Apple claims the M6 is 20 percent faster than the M5 in multithreaded performance and 40 percent faster than the M4. 此次新增的性能核旨在加速多线程任务，同时保持能效。苹果声称，M6 的多线程性能比 M5 快 20%，比 M4 快 40%。
The M6 comes with a faster GPU too, adding two more cores to the mix for a total of 12 GPU cores. This is also the first Mac Mini to have Neural Accelerators for faster on-device AI performance, a feature that launched in the M5 chip last year. The result is a Mac Mini that Apple claims is twice as fast as the M4 Mac Mini, along with providing higher throughput for gaming. Lastly, the M6 Mac mini also comes with what Apple calls a “dual 16-core Neural Engine,” which doubles the peak AI performance. M6 还配备了更快的 GPU，增加了两个核心，总计 12 个 GPU 核心。这也是首款配备神经加速器（Neural Accelerators）的 Mac Mini，用于实现更快的端侧 AI 性能，该功能于去年在 M5 芯片上首次亮相。苹果声称，这款 Mac Mini 的速度是 M4 Mac Mini 的两倍，并为游戏提供了更高的吞吐量。最后，M6 Mac Mini 还配备了苹果所谓的“双 16 核神经网络引擎”，使 AI 峰值性能翻倍。
In addition to the extra performance, however, it also comes with a $200 price increase. The M6 Mac Mini now starts at $899 for the model with 16 GB of unified memory. The Mac Mini can still be configured with up to 32 GB of unified memory, and Apple says the tiny desktop is 40 percent faster, with bandwidth now up to 170 GB per second. 然而，除了性能提升外，价格也上涨了 200 美元。M6 Mac Mini 的起售价现为 899 美元（配备 16GB 统一内存）。Mac Mini 仍可配置最高 32GB 的统一内存，苹果表示这款小型台式机的速度提升了 40%，带宽现已达到每秒 170GB。
The M5 Ultra Arrives
M5 Ultra 登场
The Mac Studio is also receiving a significant update. Like the Mac Mini, it still comes in two flavors: the M5 Max and the new M5 Ultra. This is the fourth generation of the Mac Studio to come out, with the M3 Ultra (and M3 Max) model coming out in early 2025. Mac Studio 也迎来了重大更新。与 Mac Mini 一样，它仍提供两种配置：M5 Max 和全新的 M5 Ultra。这是 Mac Studio 的第四代产品，上一代 M3 Ultra（及 M3 Max）机型于 2025 年初发布。
Apple proudly claims that the M5 Ultra is Apple’s most powerful chip ever, and the first to use a “quad-die” architecture. Apple’s “Ultra” chips have always connected two Max dies together using a technology called UltraFusion across a high-speed interconnect. The difference this time is that the M5 Max already had two dies itself, which is where the four dies come from. To keep those four chips running as fast as possible, the next version of UltraFusion increases the inter-die bandwidth to over 4.4 TB per second, allowing the whole array to function as a single CPU. 苹果自豪地宣称 M5 Ultra 是其有史以来最强大的芯片，也是首款采用“四芯粒”（quad-die）架构的芯片。苹果的“Ultra”系列芯片一直通过 UltraFusion 技术，利用高速互连将两个 Max 芯粒连接在一起。这次的不同之处在于，M5 Max 本身就已经包含两个芯粒，因此总共组成了四个芯粒。为了让这四个芯片尽可能高速运行，新一代 UltraFusion 将芯粒间的带宽提升至每秒 4.4TB 以上，使整个阵列能够像单个 CPU 一样协同工作。
M5 Ultra Mac Studio comes with four more CPU cores for a total of 36. There are still 80 GPU cores (the same as on the M3 Ultra), but the M5-specific improvements to the GPU apply here for better overall performance. M5 Ultra Mac Studio 的 CPU 核心数增加了 4 个，总计 36 核。GPU 核心数仍为 80 个（与 M3 Ultra 相同），但 M5 架构对 GPU 的改进在此处同样适用，从而带来了更好的整体性能。
In a briefing on the Mac Studio, Apple even discussed the ability to connect multiple Mac Studios together over Thunderbolt 5 to run frontier-level LLMs with over a trillion parameters locally, allowing the four systems to share memory. Hypothetically, that allows you to run models locally on a Mac that just weren’t possible before. Apparently, four Mac Studios can even be connected in this way to run over a standard wall outlet. 在关于 Mac Studio 的简报中，苹果甚至讨论了通过 Thunderbolt 5 将多台 Mac Studio 连接在一起的能力，以在本地运行超过万亿参数的前沿大语言模型（LLM），并允许这四台系统共享内存。从理论上讲，这使你能够在 Mac 上本地运行以前无法实现的模型。显然，四台 Mac Studio 甚至可以通过这种方式连接，并仅使用标准的墙壁插座供电即可运行。
Both the Mac Mini and Mac Studio are available for preorder starting today and will come with macOS 27 Golden Gate preinstalled. However, systems won’t ship until September 22. In a briefing, Apple said this delay wouldn’t be reflective of shipping times for these new Mac Mini or Mac Studio systems. Mac Mini 和 Mac Studio 均从即日起开启预购，并预装 macOS 27 Golden Gate 系统。不过，产品要到 9 月 22 日才会发货。苹果在简报中表示，这一延迟并不代表这些新款 Mac Mini 或 Mac Studio 系统未来的常规发货时间。