Amidst market speculations suggesting that Apple might curtail the lifecycle of certain M-series chips and expedite their updates, recent benchmark assessments reveal that the next-generation Apple chip, internally designated as the M6 Pro, has commenced testing, with research and development efforts proceeding according to schedule. Earlier reports had hinted that Apple could bypass the M6 Pro and M6 Max models, transitioning directly to the M7 series. However, the latest intel confirms that both the M6 Pro and M6 Max are still under active development and will pioneer the adoption of TSMC's cutting-edge SoIC-MH and WMCM dual-packaging technologies.

On September 18, a chip identified as 'Mac18,6' and explicitly labeled as the 'Apple M6 Pro' surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database. It achieved an impressive 4150 points in single-core performance and a remarkable 37565 points in multi-core performance. This chip boasts 18 cores, 48GB of memory, and operates at a base frequency of 4.78GHz.