Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

[ 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 Ultra 5 225 (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 72)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 80)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 225

64/100
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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 Ultra 5 225
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 72.0 Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 2.7 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.3 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 33x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 6
Total Cores 18 10
Total Threads 18 10
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 20MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.9 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 74 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 104.6 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 376.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 380.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 135.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 20.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 309.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Codename Apple M5 Arrow Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Arc Graphics
Released March 3, 2026 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — 225

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 102.37 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-6400

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 64 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 121 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 302.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 358M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 92 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 65.3 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2340 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 Ultra 5 225
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 14.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 229.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 468.6 PPW
Blender / Watt — 2.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Execution Units 512 16
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1800 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel Arc Graphics
ROPs 128 4
Shading Units 4096 128
TMUs 256 8
GPU Base Clock — 350 MHz
TGP — 6-15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 24
PCI Express Version — 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director- Virtualization: VMD, 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 Ultra 5 225
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-08-11(Rocketsteve) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-15(Rocketsteve) — Cinebench 2026

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