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Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event offers discounts of up to $149 on the newly released M6 Mac mini and $199 on the M5 Max Mac Studio. The base M6 Mac mini is available for $779.99, while the M5 Max Mac Studio drops to $2,299.99. These sales represent the lowest prices for these devices since their recent launch.
Amazon is offering significant discounts on Apple's newly released M6 Mac mini and M5 Max Mac Studio during Prime Big Deal Days. The base M6 Mac mini is $120 off, while the Mac Studio is $200 off. Additionally, the M5 MacBook Air has dropped to its lowest price since a June price hike.
Amazon has launched significant discounts on Apple's latest Mac lineup during Prime Big Deal Days, marking the first major price drops for the 2026 M6 Mac mini and M5 Max Mac Studio. The base Mac mini is now available for $779.99, a $119 reduction, while the Mac Studio drops to $2,299.99, saving buyers $199. These sales represent the lowest prices recorded since the devices' recent launch.
Amazon has reintroduced discounts on Apple’s newly launched M6 Mac mini and M5 Max Mac Studio, offering up to $50 off select configurations. These reductions coincide with early Prime Big Deal Days promotions featuring Samsung monitors, which are discounted by up to 42%. While the Mac mini starts at $899, the Mac Studio base model is priced at $2,499. Analysts note that while these machines offer strong local AI capabilities, their high upfront costs may limit broad business adoption compared to cloud-based alternatives.
The M5 Ultra Mac Studio delivers a significant leap in local AI performance, offering 70% faster token generation and 150% quicker prompt processing compared to the M3 Ultra. While it remains slower than an RTX 5090 in raw compute, its unified memory architecture allows for larger model contexts and quieter operation. However, the system’s high cost and limited RAM configurations remain barriers for mainstream adoption.
Apple has launched its new Mac mini and Mac Studio lines, featuring the debut M6 chip and upgraded M5 Max/Ultra processors. While performance gains are significant, the entry-level Mac mini price has jumped to $899 due to a global memory shortage, marking a sharp departure from previous value-oriented pricing.
Apple’s new M5 Ultra Mac Studio offers significant performance gains for local AI workloads but comes with substantial price increases due to memory shortages.
Apple's new M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio launched on September 22, 2026, with initial discounts of up to $49. While the M6 chip offers substantial performance gains for AI tasks, the $899 starting price for the Mac mini represents a $300 increase over the previous generation, drawing criticism for poor value despite the hardware upgrades.
Apple launched its new M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio on September 22, 2026, featuring significant performance upgrades for local AI workloads but facing criticism over substantial price increases. The M6 Mac mini starts at $899, a $300 jump from the previous generation, while the top-tier Mac Studio costs $12,299. These moves reflect Apple's strategy to compete with cloud-based AI providers by offering powerful on-device computing, though memory shortages have impacted pricing and availability.
Reuters reports Apple is shipping upgraded Mac Minis and Mac Studios that can run AI workloads locally, potentially cutting the cost of cloud-based tokens. Apple demonstrated four Mac Studio machines connected to run a trillion-parameter AI model, signaling a push to lure enterprise buyers away from data-center renting. The strategy aims to compete with Microsoft and Nvidia in the AI hardware market, leveraging Apple’s power efficiency and unified memory architecture, though Apple still faces the hurdle of a small share of the enterprise desktop market and Windows-dominant deployments.
Apple’s updated Mac mini (with M6 and M5 Pro) and Mac Studio (M5 Max/Ultra) are set to launch tomorrow, delivering performance bumps with no major design changes; pre-orders began August 25.
Amazon is cutting launch-day prices on Apple’s 2026 desktops: the M6 Mac mini with 512GB drops to $1,069.99, and the M5 Pro Mac mini with 512GB falls to $1,669.99 (both $30 off). The M5 Max Mac Studio is discounted to $2,449.99 (down $50). Specs include the M6’s 12-core CPU/12-core GPU with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage; the M5 Pro mini adds a 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU and 24GB unified memory; the M5 Max Studio features an 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB unified memory, 512GB storage, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. These are touted as the lowest prices per price guides as the devices launch today, Sept 22.
Apple’s $12,299 Mac Studio with an M5 Ultra (36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 256GB RAM, 4TB) rockets past last year’s M3 Ultra—about 30% faster in CPU and GPU tests, ~30% uplift in Geekbench OpenCL, and a 63% jump in Cinebench—though Verge notes its strengths lie with AI developers and demanding 3D workloads rather than everyday tasks, and they plan further AI-focused testing as they push the system’s limits.
Engadget’s review hails the Mac Studio M5 Ultra as Apple’s most powerful desktop yet, packing a 36‑core CPU, 80‑core GPU, 32‑core neural engine and up to 512GB unified memory with 1.2TB/s bandwidth. In the tested config (2TB storage, 256GB RAM) it costs $11,299 and delivers standout CPU/GPU/AI performance, plus features like four Thunderbolt 5 ports and the ability to cluster multiple units for AI workloads. However, the price premium over the M5 Max is steep for most buyers, making it worth it mainly for hardcore power users or AI developers; for others, the M5 Max (or M3 Ultra) offers far better value.
Early Geekbench 7 GPU benchmarks show Apple’s M5 Ultra delivering a Metal score up to 366,744 (vs M3 Ultra’s 230,420) and the M6 reaching 93,217, with OpenCL scores roughly in line with NVIDIA’s RTX 4080; results indicate meaningful graphics performance gains ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini, though real‑world results will vary.