Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 1035G1

[ 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 i5 1035G1 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 54)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 42)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 1035G1
Intel

Intel Core i5 1035G1

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.0 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 10x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 4
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 256K (per core)
L3 Cache — 6MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 3.6 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 21.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 17.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 246.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 97.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 124.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 41.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 5.64 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 148.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Codename Apple M5 Ice Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics G1
Released March 3, 2026 August 1, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i5-1035G1

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-3733

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1526
TDP (PL1) 64 W 15 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 79.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 4.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 5.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 19M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 15.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 26.3 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 421 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 9.7M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 15.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 237 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 476.1 PPW
Blender / Watt — 2.37 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Execution Units 512 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1050 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics G1
ROPs 128 8
Shading Units 4096 256
TMUs 256 16
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Official Site — Intel Core i5 1035G1 official page
PCI Express Version — 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 1035G1
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-12-15(Adam) — GeekBench
📘 2026-01-22(bingus) — GeekBench
📘 2026-03-18(duckng) — GeekBench

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