Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

[ 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 Ultra 9 185H (60/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 63)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 68)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

60/100
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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 Ultra 9 185H
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 68.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.8 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.3 GHz
E-Cores 12 10
E-Threads 12 10
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 23x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 16
Total Threads 18 22
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 24MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.1 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 45.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 102.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 342.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 389.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 131.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 23.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 245.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Codename Apple M5 Meteor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Released March 3, 2026 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Model number — 185H
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5-7467- LPDDR5x-7467- DDR5-5600

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 110°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCBGA-2049
TDP (PL1) 72 W 35-65 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 115 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 334.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 19.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 19.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 123M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 72.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 97.4 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1940 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 39M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 3.08 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 15.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 209.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 446.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2024-10-01(Guest #3) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-11-03(Anish) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-12-29(Remembered2U) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-28(Nicholas) — Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Execution Units 640 128
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2350 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
ROPs 160 32
Shading Units 5120 1024
TMUs 320 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 28 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 9 185H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 28
PCI Express Version — 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost NPU 3, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA, VNNI- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

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