MB Memory Bandwidth
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apple-silicon · introduced 2026-09

Apple M6

Unified memory architecture

Configurations
3
Up to
25.6 GB usable
Peak
170 GB/s

Permanent config IDs

Available configurations

Capacity, bandwidth, price, and availability belong to each SKU—not the device family.

ConfigurationUsable memoryBandwidthPriceStatus
Apple M6 32 GB 25.6 GB170 GB/s$1,799preorder
Apple M6 24 GB 19.2 GB170 GB/s$1,299preorder
Apple M6 16 GB 12.8 GB153 GB/s$899preorder

Sourced bandwidth · 60 configurations

Bandwidth ladder

Every sourced configuration, ranked by peak memory bandwidth. 100% is Apple M6's fastest configuration at 170 GB/s.

Relative Bandwidth Configuration
12941% 22,000 GB/s NVIDIA Rubin GPU288 GB
4706% 8,000 GB/s NVIDIA B300 SXM288 GB
4706% 8,000 GB/s NVIDIA B200 SXM180 GB
3118% 5,300 GB/s AMD Instinct MI300X192 GB
2824% 4,800 GB/s NVIDIA H200 SXM141 GB
1971% 3,350 GB/s NVIDIA H100 SXM80 GB
1176% 2,000 GB/s NVIDIA A100 SXM80 GB
1054% 1,792 GB/s NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition96 GB
1054% 1,792 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509032 GB
706% 1,200 GB/s Apple M5 Ultra512 GB
706% 1,200 GB/s Apple M5 Ultra256 GB
706% 1,200 GB/s Apple M5 Ultra96 GB
602% 1,024 GB/s AMD Instinct MI5032 GB
593% 1,008 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409024 GB
565% 960 GB/s NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation48 GB
565% 960 GB/s AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX24 GB
551% 936.2 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 309024 GB
508% 864 GB/s NVIDIA L40S48 GB
482% 819 GB/s Apple M3 Ultra512 GB
482% 819 GB/s Apple M3 Ultra96 GB
471% 800 GB/s Apple M2 Ultra192 GB
471% 800 GB/s Apple M1 Ultra128 GB
471% 800 GB/s Apple M1 Ultra64 GB
433% 736 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER16 GB
422% 716.8 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 408016 GB
395% 672 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER16 GB
361% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max128 GB / 614 GB/s
361% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max64 GB / 614 GB/s
361% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max48 GB / 614 GB/s
321% 546 GB/s Apple M4 Max128 GB / 546 GB/s
321% 546 GB/s Apple M4 Max64 GB / 546 GB/s
321% 546 GB/s Apple M4 Max48 GB / 546 GB/s
296% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 407012 GB
296% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER12 GB
296% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti12 GB
271% 460 GB/s Apple M5 Max36 GB / 460 GB/s
268% 456 GB/s Intel Arc Pro B6024 GB
268% 456 GB/s Intel Arc B58012 GB
241% 410 GB/s Apple M4 Max36 GB / 410 GB/s
204% 346 GB/s NVIDIA Tesla P4024 GB
196% 332.8 GB/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX Platform512 GB
181% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro64 GB
181% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro48 GB
181% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro24 GB
169% 288 GB/s NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell16 GB
161% 273 GB/s NVIDIA DGX Spark128 GB
161% 273 GB/s Apple M4 Pro48 GB
161% 273 GB/s Apple M4 Pro24 GB
151% 256 GB/s AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Developer Platform128 GB
120% 204.8 GB/s NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin64 GB
100% 170 GB/s This device: Apple M632 GB
100% 170 GB/s This device: Apple M624 GB
90% 153 GB/s Apple M532 GB
90% 153 GB/s Apple M524 GB
90% 153 GB/s Apple M516 GB
90% 153 GB/s This device: Apple M616 GB
71% 120 GB/s Apple M432 GB
71% 120 GB/s Apple M424 GB
71% 120 GB/s Apple M416 GB
10% 17 GB/s Raspberry Pi 58 GB

Audit trail

Primary sources

Every required capacity and bandwidth value includes a source and verification date.