Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core 7 150U

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core 7 150U (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core 7 150U
Intel

Intel Core 7 150U

48/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 64.0 Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.2 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 2
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 10
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 39.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 930 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 238.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 259.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 97 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 12.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 233.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — 150U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 72 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 55 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 158.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 10 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 8.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 58M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1011 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 18.3M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 5.79 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 29.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 496.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 979.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2024-05-23(Bristow Xavier) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-02-24(JP) — Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Execution Units 640 96
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
ROPs 160 24
Shading Units 5120 768
TMUs 320 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core 7 150U
Official Site — Intel Core 7 150U official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

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