Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i3 1005G1

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i3 1005G1 (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 54)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 39)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i3 1005G1
Intel

Intel Core i3 1005G1

29/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.2 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 12x
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 2
Total Threads 18 4
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s
L2 Cache — 512K (per core)
L3 Cache — 4MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 3.4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 13 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 14.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 173.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 56.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 82.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 31.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 3.52 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 118.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Codename Apple M5 Ice Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) UHD Graphics G1
Released March 3, 2026 August 1, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i3-1005G1

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-3733

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1526
TDP (PL1) 72 W 15 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 52.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 2.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 3.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 15M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 8.9 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 14.6 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 333 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 6.4M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 1.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 177.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 320.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Execution Units 640 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 900 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel UHD Graphics G1
ROPs 160 8
Shading Units 5120 256
TMUs 320 16
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 1005G1
Official Site — Intel Core i3 1005G1 official page
PCI Express Version — 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

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