Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 12700

[ 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 i7 12700 (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 70)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 12700
Intel

Intel Core i7 12700

59/100
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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 i7 12700
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 70.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.6 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.1 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 21x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 20
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache — 25MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.8 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 60.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 105.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 892.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 284.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 385.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 103.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 27.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 249.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 1, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Model number — i7-12700
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200- DDR5-4800

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
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) — 180 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 369.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 19.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 23.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 98M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 80.6 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 106.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1517 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 38.4M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 16.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 198 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 458.4 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.15 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Execution Units 512 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1500 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

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Official Site — Intel Core i7 12700 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, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 12700
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-05-28(asita) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-08-15(Styx) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-11-18(@Onlineee705j) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-01-23(Scotter_1001) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-08-18(Admiral97) — GeekBench

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