Apple has announced that its new Mac mini and Mac Studio will launch on 22 September. The M6 Mac mini starts at ¥149,800, while a Mac Studio with 512GB of unified memory will be added in late October.
In Japan, the new Mac mini and Mac Studio will go on sale on 22 September, with preorders also opening that day. The product lineup comprises 4 configurations: the Mac mini with M6 or M5 Pro, and the Mac Studio with M5 Max or M5 Ultra.
The M6 Mac mini starts at ¥149,800, the M5 Pro model at ¥299,800, the Mac Studio with M5 Max at ¥419,800, and the M5 Ultra model at ¥949,800. A Mac Studio with 512GB of unified memory is scheduled to be added in late October. Prices shown are for the base configurations, including tax.
The M6 features a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU and Neural Engine, with AI performance of up to 4 times that of the previous generation, twice the graphics performance, twice the storage speed and 40% higher CPU performance. It supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, while Ethernet can be changed from 2.5Gb to 10Gb.
The higher-end M5 Ultra features up to a 36-core CPU, up to an 80-core GPU, 512GB of memory and 1.2TB/s of bandwidth. Apple emphasizes that multiple units can be linked via Thunderbolt 5 to perform distributed AI inference.