Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 10700K

[ 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 i7 10700K (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 41)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 51)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 10700K
Intel

Intel Core i7 10700K

43/100
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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 i7 10700K
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.8 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 38x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 16
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 256K (per core)
L3 Cache — 16MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.1 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 76.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 647.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 169.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 296.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 63.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 16.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 173 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Codename Apple M5 Comet Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics 630
Released March 3, 2026 May 1, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Model number — i7-10700K
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-2933

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1200
TDP (PL1) 64 W 125 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 294.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 6.4 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 19.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 54M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 41.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 66.6 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 930 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 36.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 5.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 67.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 148.2 PPW
Blender / Watt — 1.43 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Execution Units 512 24
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics 630
ROPs 128 3
Shading Units 4096 192
TMUs 256 24
GPU Base Clock — 350 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Official Site — Intel Core i7 10700K official page
PCI Express Lanes — 16
PCI Express Version — 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 10700K
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-05-04(Tris) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-07-10(Guest #0) — Cinebench 2024

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