Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 13500

[ 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 13500 (59/100), 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 i5 13500
Intel

Intel Core i5 13500

59/100
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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 13500
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 69.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.8 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.5 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 25x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 14
Total Threads 18 20
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 24MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.8 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 5184
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 457

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 58.6 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 128.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 930.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 277.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 395.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 95.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 268.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Model number — i5-13500
Successor — -Intel Core i5 14500

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
ECC Support No Yes
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 i5 13500
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 72 W 65 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 154 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 383.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 21.9 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 23.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 99M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 79.7 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 107.7 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1593 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 42M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 3.97 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 193.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 473.5 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2026-04-08(Ikkyusan) — Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Execution Units 640 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1550 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Intel UHD Graphics 770
ROPs 160 8
Shading Units 5120 256
TMUs 320 16
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 15 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core i5 13500
Official Site — Intel Core i5 13500 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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