Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i9 13900H

[ 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 i9 13900H (58/100), 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 73)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i9 13900H
Intel

Intel Core i9 13900H

58/100
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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 i9 13900H
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 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 i9 13900H
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) — 4.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 59.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 107.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 372.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 426.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 135.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 24.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 270.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Model number — i9-13900H
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 24 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 64 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 115 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 320.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 18.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 19B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 102M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 68.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 95.4 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1695 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 35M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 16.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 327.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 602 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.72 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Execution Units 512 96
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1500 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
ROPs 128 24
Shading Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 4378
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 614

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Official Site — Intel Core i9 13900H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 28
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, vPro

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 13900H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-06-24(JoseBedo) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-12->sevensrays — Cinebench 2026

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