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M6 MacBook Pro costs $1,999, the same as the M5 before launch but $400 above its original price

M6 MacBook Pro costs $1,999, the same as the M5 before launch but $400 above its original price — Newsmesis editorial illustration
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What happened

Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,999 in the US. That matches what the M5 model cost just before launch, but is $400 more than the M5's original $1,599 starting price, which Apple raised in June as memory and storage costs rose, per The Next Web citing EveryMac. The M6 has 12 CPU cores and 12 GPU cores, two more of each than the M5. Apple claims up to 30% faster graphics and up to 25% faster local AI workloads versus the M5, and up to 24 hours of battery life. All performance figures come from Apple's own testing.

What we know

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  • The M6 MacBook Pro starts at $1,999 in the US, with 16GB of unified memory configurable to 32GB, per TechCrunch and The Next Web.
  • Apple says the M6 delivers up to 30% faster graphics and up to 25% faster AI workloads than the M5, and up to 1.3 times faster Blender rendering and Xcode builds. The Next Web notes these figures come from Apple's own testing.
  • Memory bandwidth is up to 170GB/s, versus 153GB/s on the M5, per TechCrunch.
  • Apple rates battery life at up to 24 hours, which it calls its longest in a Mac, per The Next Web. Fast charging reaches 50% in about 30 minutes with a higher-wattage adapter.
  • Pre-orders open October 28 and deliveries start November 6, per TechCrunch. The design, ports and Liquid Retina XDR display are unchanged, per The Next Web.

What we don't know yet

  • No independent benchmarks exist yet for the 'fastest CPU core in the world' claim or for the 30% and 25% gains; all current figures are Apple's.
  • Real-world battery life under typical workloads is untested.
  • The sources do not say whether the June price increase will be reversed or whether further memory-driven increases are planned.

Why it matters

Buyers upgrading from an M5 model bought before June paid up to $400 less for the prior generation, so the M6's gains arrive at a higher entry price than the M5 launched at. Memory and storage costs are visibly feeding into Apple's pricing.

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  • Claim: The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 starts at $1,999 in the US.
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  • Claim: Apple raised the M5 14-inch MacBook Pro's starting price by $400, from $1,599, in June, as memory and storage costs increased.
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  • Claim: The M6 has 12 CPU cores and 12 GPU cores, two more of each than the M5.
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  • Claim: Apple claims the M6 delivers up to 30% faster graphics than the M5.
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  • Claim: Apple rates the M6 MacBook Pro at up to 24 hours of battery life.
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  • Claim: Pre-orders open October 28 and the laptop ships November 6.
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