Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 12700F

[ 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 12700F (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 72)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 12700F
Intel

Intel Core i7 12700F

61/100
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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 12700F
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 72.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.6 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.1 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 21x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 20
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache — 25MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.8 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 61.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 120.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 829.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 264.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 390.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 98.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 28.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 261.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i7-12700F
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 64 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 180 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 379.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 20 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 24.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 96M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 81.6 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 107.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1468 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 39.5M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 201.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 463.8 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.26 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Execution Units 512 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) —
ROPs 128 —
Shading Units 4096 —
TMUs 256 —

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700F
Official Site — Intel Core i7 12700F official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

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