Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 11400

[ 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 i5 11400 (44/100), 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 i5 11400
Intel

Intel Core i5 11400

44/100
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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 i5 11400
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 26x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 6
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 512K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 41.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 62.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 557 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 172.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 274.2 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 71.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 205.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Codename Apple M5 Rocket Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) UHD Graphics 730
Released March 3, 2026 March 17, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Model number — i5-11400
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s 50 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1200
TDP (PL1) 72 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 205.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 14.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 49M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 34 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 57.5 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 790 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 24M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 2.25 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 7.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 126.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 255.8 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2023-11-22(Tedra) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-01-04(anon) — Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Execution Units 640 24
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel UHD Graphics 730
ROPs 160 24
Shading Units 5120 192
TMUs 320 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11400
Official Site — Intel Core i5 11400 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AVX-512, 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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