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Why is a MTU size equal to 1500 bytes considered IPv6 native?

April 26, 2017bytes IPv6 MTU native size

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Why is a MTU size equal to 1500 bytes considered IPv6 native?

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The MTU size in Ethernets in the ISO/OSI layer 2 is 1500 bytes which means that along a path with MTU = 1500 bytes, the maximum size of the packets for the upper layer, in our case IP, is 1500 bytes. In the case of a tunnel the additonal IPv4 header decrease the IPv6 datagram.