Apple M6 (12-Core) vs M1 Pro
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58
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Pro with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 4 years and 11 months later
- More modern manufacturing process β 2 versus 5 nanometers
- 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 2328 points
- Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
- Around 34.8 GB/s (20%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 444 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3334 |
Cinebench Scores (#91st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1230 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 82.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 249.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 271.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 246.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 36.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 102.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 10.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 45.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 64 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 272M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 32.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 12.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 272.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 2696 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 12.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 343.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 731.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.23 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M6 (12-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M1 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2450 / 12944 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2026 | 444 / 3334 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 857 |
| π 2025-02-23 (anon121434) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 682 |
| π 2025-02-19 (serhii) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 796 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M6 (12-Core) and M1 ProGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | October 18, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M6 | Apple M1 |
| Model number | T8152 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.79 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 2 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 2 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 10 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 47x | - |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 33.7 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 96 | 128 |
| ROPs | 80 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 192 | 256 |
| TGP | - | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-10667 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 170 GB/s | 204.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
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