Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 67 |
93 | Multi-Core Performance | 42 |
94 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | 30 |
97 | QucikComparison Final Score | 54 |
| 18 | Cores | 14 |
| 72 W | TDP | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 200 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 102 |
| 2073 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1002 |
| 4355 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2401 |
| 30217 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 12087 |
| 2990 MB/sec | File compression | — |
| 271.1 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | — |
| 811.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | — |
| 764 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | — |
| 457.1 pages/sec | Text processing | — |
| 106.1 images/sec | Background blur | — |
| 303.8 images/sec | Photo processing | — |
| 47.8 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | — |
| 5751 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3610 |
| 54972 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 22836 |
| 131.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 81.2 GOps/sec |
| 178.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 58.4 GOps/sec |
| 515M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 75M Primes/sec |
| 80.1M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 29.9M Strings/sec |
| 39.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 15.8 GBytes/sec |
| 656 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 270.9 MBytes/sec |
| 6288 Frames/sec | Physics | 1165 Frames/sec |
| 31.4B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 16B Matrices/sec |
| 582.84 | Blender CPU | — |
| 28.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 18.2 PPW |
| 419.7 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 219.8 PPW |
| 763.5 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 415.2 PPW |
| 8.1 PPW | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 6 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 6 | P-Threads | 12 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.0 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 12 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 12 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 18 | Total Cores | 14 |
| 18 | Total Threads | 20 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 20x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) |
| 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 | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | May 10, 2022 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| — | Model number | i7-12650HX |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics (32EU) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 72 W | TDP (PL1) | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | BGA-1964 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |