M6 14-inch MacBook Pro's faster 170GB/s memory bandwidth skips the base 16GB model, Apple's specs show
Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip does not deliver the same memory bandwidth across all of its memory options, according to the technical specifications Apple has published.
Apple's tech specs page for the M6 14-inch MacBook Pro gives 153GB/s of memory bandwidth for the 16GB configuration. The 24GB and 32GB configurations are listed at 170GB/s. In other words, the faster figure only applies once a buyer steps up from the base amount of unified memory.
MacRumors, which first drew attention to the split, notes that the 16GB model's 153GB/s matches the figure for the M5 version of the 14-inch MacBook Pro. The 24GB and 32GB models are therefore the ones that see a bandwidth increase over last generation's machine.