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

[ 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 14700F (72/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 79)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 14700F
Intel

Intel Core i7 14700F

72/100
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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 14700F
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 14700F
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 14700F
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 73.6 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 184.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 414 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 515.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 143.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 43.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 285.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Model number — i7-14700F
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
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 14700F
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 14700F
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 506.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 30.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 28.6B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 176M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 155.8 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2454 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 55.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 4.72 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 24.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 283.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 635.6 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2025-02-22(LuC) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-07-16(Daneese) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-08(RedxVisions) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-12(Ivo) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-02-09(Raptor) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-29->sig_mayukh — GeekBench
📘 2026-08-25(cookie) — Cinebench 2026

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
Execution Units 640 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) —
ROPs 160 —
Shading Units 5120 —
TMUs 320 —

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700F
Official Site — Intel Core i7 14700F 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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