Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 11320H

[ 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 11320H (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 53)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 11320H
Intel

Intel Core i5 11320H

39/100
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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 11320H
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.5-3.2 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 25-32x
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 — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 8MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.5 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 25 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 32.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 692.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 127.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 153.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 69.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 5.86 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 181.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Codename Apple M5 Tiger Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Released March 3, 2026 June 21, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i7-11320H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
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- LPDDR4X-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1449
TDP (PL1) 64 W 28-35 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 122.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 6.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 8.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 39M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 21.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 36.2 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 633 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 14.5M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 9.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 164.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 307.8 PPW
Blender / Watt — 1.92 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Execution Units 512 96
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1350 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
ROPs 128 24
Shading Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 1227
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 561

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Official Site — Intel Core i5 11320H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 11320H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-06-03(Nooob) — GeekBench
📘 2026-07-05(Sheldon) — Cinebench 2026

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