Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 11700

[ 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 11700 (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 42)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 60)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 11700
Intel

Intel Core i7 11700

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 i7 11700
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.5 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 25x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 16
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 512K (per core)
L3 Cache — 16MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.9 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 47.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 80 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 589.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 284.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 65.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 206.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Codename Apple M5 Rocket Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics 750
Released March 3, 2026 March 16, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Model number — i7-11700
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 50 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1200
TDP (PL1) 64 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 262.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 12.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 18.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 79.3 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 880 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 30.2M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 11 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 143.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 316.8 PPW
Blender / Watt — 2.65 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Execution Units 512 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics 750
ROPs 128 32
Shading Units 4096 256
TMUs 256 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 11700
Official Site — Intel Core i7 11700 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- 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 11700
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-04-19(Sotthy) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-27(Blikz911) — Cinebench 2024

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