Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 13850HX

[ 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 13850HX (62/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 55)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 76)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 13850HX
Intel

Intel Core i7 13850HX

62/100
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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 13850HX
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.1 GHz
E-Cores 12 12
E-Threads 12 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 21x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 20
Total Threads 18 28
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 30MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.3 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 60.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 156.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1350 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 373 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 457.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 125.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 35.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
Model number — i7-13850HX

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1964
TDP (PL1) 64 W 45-55 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 157 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 435.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 25.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 26.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 175M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 90.7 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 123.8 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2392 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 20.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 297 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 656.9 PPW
Blender / Watt — 5.17 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Execution Units 512 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1600 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
ROPs 128 8
Shading Units 4096 256
TMUs 256 16
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Official Site — Intel Core i7 13850HX official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 13850HX
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-10-10(Rory) — Cinebench 2024

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