Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 1334U

[ 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 1334U (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 60)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 59)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 0.9 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.3 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 13x
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 10
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.6 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Background blur 99.8 images/sec —
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec —
File compression 2730 MB/sec —
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec —
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec —
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec —
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec —
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec —

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Model number — i5-1334U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 64 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 55 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 147.3 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 9.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 8.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 38M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 48.6 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 696 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 16.7M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 25.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 487.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 866.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1334U
Execution Units 512 80
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1250 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 1334U
Official Site — Intel Core i5 1334U official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
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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