Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 9400F

[ 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 9400F (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 42)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 43)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 9400F
Intel

Intel Core i5 9400F

32/100
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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 9400F
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.9 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 29x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 6
Total Cores 18 6
Total Threads 18 6
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 256K (per core)
L3 Cache — 9MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.1 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 31.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 34.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 449.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 127.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 141.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 63.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 6.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 142.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Codename Apple M5 Coffee Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 January 7, 2019
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Model number — i5-9400F

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-2666

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1151
TDP (PL1) 64 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 132.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 2.9 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 11.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 38M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 22.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 26.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 653 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 16.2M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 5.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 81.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 145.6 PPW
Blender / Watt — 1.19 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Execution Units 512 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) —
ROPs 128 —
Shading Units 4096 —
TMUs 256 —

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i5 9400F
Official Site — Intel Core i5 9400F official page
PCI Express Lanes — 16
PCI Express Version — 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, 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 9400F
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-07-15(SherifMagdy) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-08-23(Will) — Cinebench 2024

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