Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 1065G7

[ 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 i7 1065G7 (33/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.3 GHz
E-Cores 12
E-Threads 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 13x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 4
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s
L2 Cache 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 21.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 23.7 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 303.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 102.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 141.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 46.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 5.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 136.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Codename Apple M5 Ice Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Iris Plus Graphics G7
Released March 3, 2026 August 1, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number i7-1065G7
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
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 i7 1065G7
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 i7 1065G7
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 87.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 4.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 5.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 29M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 16.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 28.3 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 583 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 10.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 2.99 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 16.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 290.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 540.6 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Date Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Execution Units 640 64
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1100 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7
ROPs 160 8
Shading Units 5120 512
TMUs 320 32
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
TGP 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1065G7
Official Site Intel Core i7 1065G7 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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