Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 69 |
93 | Multi-Core Performance | 32 |
94 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | 30 |
97 | QucikComparison Final Score | 53 |
| 18 | Cores | 6 |
| 72 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 200 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 106 |
| 2073 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 670 |
| 4355 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2469 |
| 30217 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 10163 |
| 2990 MB/sec | File compression | 795 MB/sec |
| 271.1 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 71.5 Klines/sec |
| 811.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 237.9 pages/sec |
| 764 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 263.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 457.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 242.7 pages/sec |
| 106.1 images/sec | Background blur | 52.4 images/sec |
| 303.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 91.2 images/sec |
| 47.8 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 16.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 5751 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3650 |
| 54972 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 19738 |
| 131.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 61.6 GOps/sec |
| 178.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 48 GOps/sec |
| 515M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 73M Primes/sec |
| 80.1M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 23.5M Strings/sec |
| 39.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 12 GBytes/sec |
| 656 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 237.4 MBytes/sec |
| 6288 Frames/sec | Physics | 1205 Frames/sec |
| 31.4B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 16B Matrices/sec |
| 582.84 | Blender CPU | 172.6 |
| 28.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 10.3 PPW |
| 419.7 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 156.4 PPW |
| 763.5 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 303.7 PPW |
| 8.1 PPW | Blender / Watt | 2.66 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 6 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 6 | P-Threads | 12 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 12 | E-Cores | — |
| 12 | E-Threads | — |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | — |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 18 | Total Cores | 6 |
| 18 | Total Threads | 12 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 30x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1450 MHz |
| 5120 | Shading Units | 256 |
| 320 | TMUs | 16 |
| 160 | ROPs | 8 |
| 640 | Execution Units | 32 |
| 16.6 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 0.7 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 614 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | January 4, 2022 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| — | Model number | i5-12500 |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 72 W | TDP (PL1) | 65 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1700 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
