Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i3 N305

[ 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 N305 (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 60)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 38)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i3 N305
Intel

Intel Core i3 N305

32/100
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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 N305
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.8 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz —
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 18x
P-Cores 6 —
P-Threads 6 —
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache — 6MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.9 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 25 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 41.7 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 447.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 123.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 162.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 7.03 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 167.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i3-N305

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 32 1
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-4800

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 72 W 9-15 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 111 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 7.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 5.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 21.9 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 527 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 13.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 3.88 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 16.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 351.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 625.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2025-10-08(Kbzabeto82) — GeekBench
📘 2025-10-13(Aleman82) — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 N305
Execution Units 640 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
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 N305
Official Site — Intel Core i3 N305 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 9
PCI Express Version — 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-VNNI, CLMUL, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, SGX, TXT

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