Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 1145G7

[ 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 1145G7 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 53)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 54)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 1145G7
Intel

Intel Core i5 1145G7

41/100
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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 1145G7
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 54.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.1-2.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 11-26x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 4
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 8MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 29.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 31.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 612.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 132.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 170.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 64.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 176.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Codename Apple M5 Tiger Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Released March 3, 2026 September 1, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Model number — i5-1145G7
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 235U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1449
TDP (PL1) 64 W 12-28 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 100.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 5.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 32M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 18.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 31.3 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 535 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 12.4M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 25.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 215.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 326.8 PPW
Blender / Watt — 2.17 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Execution Units 512 80
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
ROPs 128 20
Shading Units 4096 640
TMUs 256 40
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Official Site — Intel Core i5 1145G7 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 16
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, IPU 6.0- Performance: Boost 2.0, CFET, EIST, HTT, Speed Shift- Virtualization: EPT, VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit, vPro

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1145G7
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-06-15(Bob Blob) — GeekBench

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