Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 1345U

[ 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 1345U (48/100), 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 66)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 1345U
Intel

Intel Core i5 1345U

48/100
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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 1345U
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 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 1345U
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 16x
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) — 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 40.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 61.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 513.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 127.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 213.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 63.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 228.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
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 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
Model number — i5-1345U
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 235U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
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 1345U
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 1345U
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 157.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 9.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 8.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 34.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 50.4 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 782 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 18.1M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 29.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 589.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 923.3 PPW
Blender / Watt — 6.68 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
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 1345U
Official Site — Intel Core i5 1345U 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, vPro

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