Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 12600H

[ 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 12600H (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 66)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 12600H
Intel

Intel Core i5 12600H

51/100
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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 12600H
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.7 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 27x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 16
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 18MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.5 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 75.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 895.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 259.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 309.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 93.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 16.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 229.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Model number — i5-12600H
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
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 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-5200- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 64 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 95 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 245.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 14.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 64M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 50.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 69.8 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1135 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 210.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 452.7 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.09 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 12600H
Execution Units 512 80
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1400 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (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 12600H
Official Site — Intel Core i5 12600H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 28
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

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