Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 90 |
93 | Multi-Core Performance | 84 |
94 | Power Efficiency |
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99 | Integrated Graphics | — |
97 | QucikComparison Final Score | 86 |
| 18 | Cores | 20 |
| 72 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 200 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 138 |
| 2073 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 2067 |
| 4355 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3206 |
| 30217 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 21779 |
| 2990 MB/sec | File compression | 1610 MB/sec |
| 271.1 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 192.6 Klines/sec |
| 811.7 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 481.8 pages/sec |
| 764 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 600.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 457.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 342.1 pages/sec |
| 106.1 images/sec | Background blur | 96.8 images/sec |
| 303.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 172.7 images/sec |
| 47.8 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 41.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 5751 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4921 |
| 54972 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 58545 |
| 131.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 143.4 GOps/sec |
| 178.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 189.5 GOps/sec |
| 515M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 483M Primes/sec |
| 80.1M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 79.8M Strings/sec |
| 39.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 48.2 GBytes/sec |
| 656 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 666.7 MBytes/sec |
| 6288 Frames/sec | Physics | 3667 Frames/sec |
| 31.4B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 54.5B Matrices/sec |
| 582.84 | Blender CPU | 455.75 |
| 28.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 16.5 PPW |
| 419.7 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 174.2 PPW |
| 763.5 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 468.4 PPW |
| 8.1 PPW | Blender / Watt | 3.65 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 6 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 6 | P-Threads | 8 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.9 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 12 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 12 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 18 | Total Cores | 20 |
| 18 | Total Threads | 20 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 39x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 112K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated Graphics | — |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | — |
| 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 | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | October 11, 2024 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 265KF |
| Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | Integrated GPU | No |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 72 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
