Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 42 |
92 | Multi-Core Performance | 12 |
94 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | — |
96 | QucikComparison Final Score | 30 |
| 18 | Cores | 4 |
| 64 W | TDP | 91 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 14 nm |
| 200 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 61 |
| 2066 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 212 |
| 4283 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 1486 |
| 29068 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 4409 |
| 2730 MB/sec | File compression | 363.1 MB/sec |
| 264.8 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 29.9 Klines/sec |
| 769.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 98.1 pages/sec |
| 762.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 150.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 438.2 pages/sec | Text processing | 149.8 pages/sec |
| 99.8 images/sec | Background blur | 28.1 images/sec |
| 260.4 images/sec | Photo processing | 47.6 images/sec |
| 48.4 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 4.81 Mpixels/sec |
| 5751 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 2313 |
| 54972 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 6295 |
| 131.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 16.3 GOps/sec |
| 178.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 14 GOps/sec |
| 515M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 31M Primes/sec |
| 80.1M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 10.5M Strings/sec |
| 39.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 1.9 GBytes/sec |
| 656 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 85.9 MBytes/sec |
| 6288 Frames/sec | Physics | 507 Frames/sec |
| 31.4B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 7.5B Matrices/sec |
| — | Blender CPU | 54.45 |
| 32.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 2.3 PPW |
| 454.2 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 48.5 PPW |
| 858.9 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 69.2 PPW |
| — | Blender / Watt | 0.6 PPW |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | — |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 18 | Total Cores | 4 |
| 18 | Total Threads | 4 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 35x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | 256K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 6 | P-Cores | 4 |
| 6 | P-Threads | 4 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 12 | E-Cores | — |
| 12 | E-Threads | — |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz |
| 4096 | Shading Units | — |
| 256 | TMUs | — |
| 128 | ROPs | — |
| 512 | Execution Units | — |
| 13.3 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - DDR4-2133 - DDR3L-1600 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 64 GB |
| 24 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 460.8 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | August 5, 2015 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Skylake |
| — | Model number | i5-6600K |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) | Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 530 |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 14 nm |
| 64 W | TDP (PL1) | 91 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1151 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | — |
