Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 1280P

[ 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 1280P (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 55)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 63)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 1280P
Intel

Intel Core i7 1280P

50/100
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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 1280P
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.3 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.8 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 18x
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 — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 24MB (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 1280P
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 47.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 94.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 711.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 238.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 294 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 85.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 20.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 235 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Released March 3, 2026 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​
Model number — i7-1280P

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
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 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-5200- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 64 W 20-28 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 64 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 219.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 13.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 12.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 50.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 74.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1392 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 24.2M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 22.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 386.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 715 PPW
Blender / Watt — 6.12 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Execution Units 512 96
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1450 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
ROPs 128 24
Shading Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 1280P
Official Site — Intel Core i7 1280P official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0
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

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