iMac 24-inch (M6)
Scores
Single-core
No data
Multi-core
No data
GPU (Metal)
No data
Keynote claims, measured
Not measurable with Geekbench
“An up-to-12-core GPU, also with two more cores than before, now features Neural Accelerators in each core, delivering up to 2x faster graphics for more intensive tasks like photo editing, along with fantastic gaming performance compared to M4.”
Apple’s footnote compares with the 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU iMac (M4); the dataset holds the base M4 iMac, and the figure is for the up-to-12-core GPU.
iMac 24-inch (M6) announcement, October 2026, Apple Newsroom, iMac 24-inch (M6) announcement, October 2026
“The new Dual 16-core Neural Engine delivers up to 2x faster AI compute than the previous generation, and combined with the advanced GPU and faster memory bandwidth and with higher memory bandwidth up to 170GB/s, iMac rips through AI tasks like running LLMs on device.”
Neural Engine; Geekbench 6 does not test it.
iMac 24-inch (M6) announcement, October 2026, Apple Newsroom, iMac 24-inch (M6) announcement, October 2026
iMac single-core, by generation
| Device | Single-core | Change over the previous generation |
|---|---|---|
| iMac 20-inch (Mid 2007) | No data | First in this line |
| iMac 20-inch (Early 2008) | No data | |
| iMac 20-inch (Early 2009) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (Late 2009) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (Mid 2010) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (Mid 2011) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (Late 2012) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (Late 2013) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (Late 2015) | No data | |
| iMac 21.5-inch (2017) | No data | |
| iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019) | No data | |
| iMac 24-inch (M1), 2021 | No data | |
| iMac 24-inch (M3), 2023 | No data | |
| iMac 24-inch (M4), 2024 | No data | |
| iMac 24-inch (M6), 2026, this device | No data |
Against other devices
The iMac 24-inch (M6) has no scores to compare.