Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i9 13900

[ 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 i9 13900 (76/100), 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 i9 13900
Intel

Intel Core i9 13900

76/100
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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 i9 13900
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.0 GHz
E-Cores 12 16
E-Threads 12 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 20x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 24
Total Threads 18 32
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.2 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 64.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 181.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1280 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 392.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 466.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 134.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 41.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 283.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Model number — i9-13900
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
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 i9 13900
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 i9 13900
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 559.3 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 34.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 31.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 182M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 117.9 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 172.6 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2425 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 62.3M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 5.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 31.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 271.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 686.4 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900
Execution Units 640 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1650 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 i9 13900
Official Site — Intel Core i9 13900 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, TVB- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

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