Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i3 10110U

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i3 10110U (27/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 47)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 37)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.1 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 21x
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 2
Total Threads 18 4
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s
L2 Cache — 256K (per core)
L3 Cache — 4MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.1 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 12.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 12.6 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 163 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 45.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 66.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 26.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 2.88 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 119 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Codename Apple M5 Comet Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics 620
Released March 3, 2026 August 21, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i3-10110U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 41.66 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-2666- LPDDR3-2133

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1528
TDP (PL1) 64 W 15 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 49.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 1.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 3.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 13M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 7.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 12 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 291 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 6.5M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 8.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 151.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 254.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Execution Units 512 24
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics 620
ROPs 128 3
Shading Units 4096 192
TMUs 256 24
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i3 10110U
Official Site — Intel Core i3 10110U official page
PCI Express Lanes — 16
PCI Express Version — 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

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