Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 45 |
93 | Multi-Core Performance | 18 |
94 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | 23 |
97 | QucikComparison Final Score | 34 |
| 18 | Cores | 6 |
| 72 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 14 nm |
| 200 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 63 |
| 2073 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 342 |
| 4355 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 1605 |
| 30217 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 6114 |
| 2990 MB/sec | File compression | 473.5 MB/sec |
| 271.1 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 40.5 Klines/sec |
| 811.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 144.1 pages/sec |
| 764 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 191 Mpixels/sec |
| 457.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 156.7 pages/sec |
| 106.1 images/sec | Background blur | 39.9 images/sec |
| 303.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 62.7 images/sec |
| 47.8 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 7.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 5751 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 2571 |
| 54972 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 10138 |
| 131.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 27.7 GOps/sec |
| 178.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 23.8 GOps/sec |
| 515M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 42M Primes/sec |
| 80.1M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 17.3M Strings/sec |
| 39.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 3.1 GBytes/sec |
| 656 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 140.9 MBytes/sec |
| 6288 Frames/sec | Physics | 722 Frames/sec |
| 31.4B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 12.5B Matrices/sec |
| 582.84 | Blender CPU | 90.51 |
| 28.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 3.6 PPW |
| 419.7 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 64.4 PPW |
| 763.5 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 106.7 PPW |
| 8.1 PPW | Blender / Watt | 0.95 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 6 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 6 | P-Threads | 6 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 12 | E-Cores | — |
| 12 | E-Threads | — |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | — |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 18 | Total Cores | 6 |
| 18 | Total Threads | 6 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 36x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | 256K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz |
| 5120 | Shading Units | 192 |
| 320 | TMUs | 24 |
| 160 | ROPs | 3 |
| 640 | Execution Units | 24 |
| 16.6 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 0.4 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - DDR4-2666 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 614 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | October 5, 2017 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| — | Model number | i5-8600K |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 14 nm |
| 72 W | TDP (PL1) | 95 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1151 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
