It's interesting that they've decided to release a new high-end model this year even though they aren't coming out with new high-end M6 chips. Apparently they have decided to not make Pro/Max versions of the M6 in favor of accelerating development of the M7 series, which will have improved support for on-device AI. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/2027-macs-m7-chips/

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otterley 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Historically speaking, the Pro/Max versions of the chips have become available at around the same time the next-generation base chip does. So, M4 Pro/Max shipped when M5 shipped, M5 Pro/Max shipped when M6 shipped, and so forth.

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jdprgm 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah they have done this for awhile now. It is weird to have your cheapest base model option outperform your MUCH more expensive configs on single core perf though.

	▲	otterley 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The more you learn about CPU design and the tradeoffs involved across different performance dimensions, the less surprised you become over time. :-)

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ndiddy 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Macbook Pro with M5 Pro/Max came out in March, while the Macbook Pro with M6 came out yesterday.

	▲	sgarman 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		ONLY on the 14", no M6 MAX etc.

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ajaimk 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They’ve done it before: first retina model has the same cpu and GPU as the previous gen