Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 1185G7

[ 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 1185G7 (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 53)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 53)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 1185G7
Intel

Intel Core i7 1185G7

39/100
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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 i7 1185G7
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.2-3.0 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 12-30x
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
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.8 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 23.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 28.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 729.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 144.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 168.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 71.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 7.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 121.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Codename Apple M5 Tiger Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Released March 3, 2026 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Model number — i7-1185G7

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
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- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1449
TDP (PL1) 72 W 12-28 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 102.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 5.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 19.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 33.7 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 736 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 2.23 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 11.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 202.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 353.4 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2025-10-23(mentos_sotnem) — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Execution Units 640 96
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1350 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
ROPs 160 24
Shading Units 5120 768
TMUs 320 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1185G7
Official Site — Intel Core i7 1185G7 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 16
PCI Express Version — 4.0
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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