Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 1345U

[ 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 1345U (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 16x
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 10
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L2 Cache 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 40.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 61.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 513.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 127.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 213.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 63.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 228.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
Model number i5-1345U
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 5 235U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
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 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 72 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 157.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 9.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 8.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 34.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 50.4 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 782 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 18.1M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 6.68 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 29.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 589.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 923.3 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Date Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Execution Units 640 80
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
ROPs 160 20
Shading Units 5120 640
TMUs 320 40
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
TGP 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1345U
Official Site Intel Core i5 1345U official page
PCI Express Lanes 20
PCI Express Version 4.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

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