Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 83 |
93 | Multi-Core Performance | 58 |
94 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | — |
97 | QucikComparison Final Score | 72 |
| 18 | Cores | 14 |
| 72 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 200 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 127 |
| 2073 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1228 |
| 4355 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2967 |
| 30217 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 17838 |
| 2990 MB/sec | File compression | 1370 MB/sec |
| 271.1 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 144.6 Klines/sec |
| 811.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 421.5 pages/sec |
| 764 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 487.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 457.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 332.5 pages/sec |
| 106.1 images/sec | Background blur | 84.8 images/sec |
| 303.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 153.9 images/sec |
| 47.8 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 29.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 5751 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4513 |
| 54972 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 39993 |
| 131.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 93.6 GOps/sec |
| 178.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 124.9 GOps/sec |
| 515M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 384M Primes/sec |
| 80.1M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 50M Strings/sec |
| 39.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 31.2 GBytes/sec |
| 656 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 417.5 MBytes/sec |
| 6288 Frames/sec | Physics | 2677 Frames/sec |
| 31.4B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 34.9B Matrices/sec |
| 582.84 | Blender CPU | 295.21 |
| 28.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 18.9 PPW |
| 419.7 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 274.4 PPW |
| 763.5 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 615.3 PPW |
| 8.1 PPW | Blender / Watt | 4.54 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 6 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 6 | P-Threads | 6 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 12 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 12 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.9 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 18 | Total Cores | 14 |
| 18 | Total Threads | 14 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 34x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 2000 MHz |
| 5120 | Shading Units | — |
| 320 | TMUs | — |
| 160 | ROPs | — |
| 640 | Execution Units | — |
| 16.6 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 256 GB |
| 32 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 614 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | December 18, 2024 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 235 |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 72 W | TDP (PL1) | 65 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
