Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 14700

[ 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 14700 (74/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 14700
Intel

Intel Core i7 14700

74/100
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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 14700
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 79.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.1 GHz
E-Cores 12 12
E-Threads 12 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 21x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 20
Total Threads 18 28
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 33MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 69.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 167.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 434.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 445 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 145.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 38.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 285 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Model number — i7-14700
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 72 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 219 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 497.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 29.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 28.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 164M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 106.6 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 154.5 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2227 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 54.3M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 5.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 30.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 279 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 619.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2025-06-07(Aallyn) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-25(Tamo) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-29(LeoNoSyncFPS) — GeekBench
📘 2026-02-28(LeoNoSyncFPS) — GeekBench
📘 2026-07-21(Kum1likkk) — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700
Execution Units 640 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1600 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel UHD Graphics 770
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 i7 14700
Official Site — Intel Core i7 14700 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

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