Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 11260H

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i5 11260H (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 53)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 11260H
Intel

Intel Core i5 11260H

39/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.1-2.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 21-26x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 6
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 36.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 54.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 448 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 119.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 202.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 50.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 12.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 194.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Codename Apple M5 Tiger Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Released March 3, 2026 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i5-11260H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1787
TDP (PL1) 64 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 189 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 9.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 31.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 52.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 684 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 11 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 148.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 337.4 PPW
Blender / Watt — 2.33 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Execution Units 512 16
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1400 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
ROPs 128 4
Shading Units 4096 128
TMUs 256 8
GPU Base Clock — 350 MHz
TGP — 6-15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11260H
Official Site — Intel Core i5 11260H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 3.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

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