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

[ 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 14900F (78/100), 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 88)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i9 14900F
Intel

Intel Core i9 14900F

78/100
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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 14900F
Efficiency 93.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 88.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900F
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 14900F
Background blur 99.8 images/sec 61.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 264.8 Klines/sec 220.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2730 MB/sec 1670 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 769.2 pages/sec 436 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 762.6 Mpixels/sec 545.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 260.4 images/sec 134.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 48.4 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 438.2 pages/sec 307.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900F
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Model number — i9-14900F

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900F
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 14900F
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 14900F
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 563.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 34.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 31.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 209M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 119.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 176.9 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 2897 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 63.7M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900F
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.3 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 454.2 PPW 305.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 897.9 PPW 715.2 PPW
Blender / Watt — 5.53 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900F
Execution Units 512 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) —
ROPs 128 —
Shading Units 4096 —
TMUs 256 —

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Intel Core i9 14900F
Official Site — Intel Core i9 14900F 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 14900F
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-09-15(katdeskinne) — Cinebench 2024

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