Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i7 14700KF

[ 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 14700KF (80/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 56)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 84)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 14700KF
Intel

Intel Core i7 14700KF

80/100
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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 14700KF
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 84.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 2.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.4 GHz
E-Cores 12 12
E-Threads 12 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 34x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 20
Total Threads 18 28
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 33MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.6 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 80.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 191.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1610 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 537.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 591.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 180.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 45.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 301.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 October 16, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Model number — i7-14700KF
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 64 W 125 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 253 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 689.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 39.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 40.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 133.9 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 182.4 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2880 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 74.7M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 14.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 170.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 415.6 PPW
Blender / Watt — 3.54 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Execution Units 512 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) —
ROPs 128 —
Shading Units 4096 —
TMUs 256 —

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 7147
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 672

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i7 14700KF
Official Site — Intel Core i7 14700KF 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 14700KF
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-02-02(Shyzuu) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-03-09(Daffodil) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-03-24(stefu) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-05-20(SirHipokryt) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-06-28(ATARI5200) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-11-23(Alextron) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-11-24(aby3er) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-04-04(AlBaby) — Cinebench 2026

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