Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 13600H

[ 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 i5 13600H (55/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 56)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 71)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 13600H
Intel

Intel Core i5 13600H

55/100
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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 i5 13600H
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 71.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 2.1 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.8 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 28x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 16
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 18MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.8 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 55.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 93.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1070 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 280 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 380.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 110.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 21 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 258.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Model number — i5-13600H
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
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 i5 13600H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 72 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 95 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 268.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 16.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 56.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 77 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1453 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 29.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 3.61 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 18.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 277.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 514.3 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Execution Units 640 80
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1500 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
ROPs 160 20
Shading Units 5120 640
TMUs 320 40
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13600H
Official Site — Intel Core i5 13600H 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

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