Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 14500

[ 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 14500 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 73)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 14500
Intel

Intel Core i5 14500

63/100
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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 14500
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 73.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.9 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 26x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 14
Total Threads 18 20
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 24MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 63.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 112.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 393.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 436.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 134.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 26.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 264.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i5-14500

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 64 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 154 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 371.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 22.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 106M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 79.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 108 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1745 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 233.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 473.2 PPW
Blender / Watt — 3.96 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Execution Units 512 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1550 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel UHD Graphics 770
ROPs 128 8
Shading Units 4096 256
TMUs 256 16
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 2104
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 409

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Official Site — Intel Core i5 14500 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, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 14500
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-08-02(AliR88) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-07-05(SeanyBoy) — Cinebench 2026

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