Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Core i9 14900

[ 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 14900 (77/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (93 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 80)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i9 14900
Intel

Intel Core i9 14900

77/100
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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 14900
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.0 GHz
E-Cores 12 16
E-Threads 12 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 20x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 24
Total Threads 18 32
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.8 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 68.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 189.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 389.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 486.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 135.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 42.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 292.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Model number — i9-14900
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
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 i9 14900
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) — 219 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 549.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 33.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 30.6B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 188M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 120.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 174.9 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2486 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 61M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 31.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 276.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 685.6 PPW
Blender / Watt — 6.32 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900
Execution Units 512 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1650 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 i9 14900
Official Site — Intel Core i9 14900 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, TVB- 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 i9 14900
Date — Benchmark
📘 2023-12-28(Aj) — Cinebench 2024

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