Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i3 13100F

[ 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 i3 13100F (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 i3 13100F
Intel

Intel Core i3 13100F

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 i3 13100F
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below 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 i3 13100F
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.4 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 34x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 4
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.5 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 2072
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 730

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 41.6 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 50.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 627.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 175.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 214.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 79.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 11.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 236.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i3-13100F
Successor — -Intel Core i3 14100F

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 72 W 58 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 89 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 167.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 11.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 59M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 33.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 43.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1031 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 16.7M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 2.11 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 8.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 138.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 252.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2024-05-31(classier661) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-12(elod) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-12(Flix_sus) — Cinebench 2026

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Execution Units 640 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) —
ROPs 160 —
Shading Units 5120 —
TMUs 320 —

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i3 13100F
Official Site — Intel Core i3 13100F 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, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

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