Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235H

[ 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 Ultra 5 235H (65/100), 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 Ultra 5 235H
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 235H

65/100
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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 Ultra 5 235H
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 78.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.8 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.4 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 24x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 14
Total Threads 18 14
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 18MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 117.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1020 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 289.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 334.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 115.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 24.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 283.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Codename Apple M5 Arrow Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Arc Graphics 140T
Released March 3, 2026 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 240
Model number — 235H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5-8400- LPDDR5x-8400- DDR5-6400

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 110°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCBGA-2049
TDP (PL1) 72 W 20-28 W (configurable)
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 115 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 302.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 23.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 23.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 93.6 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 74.3 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1985 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 36.3M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 6.84 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 35 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 486.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 1076.8 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2025-08-13(TheShifty6) — Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Execution Units 640 8
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Arc Graphics 140T
ROPs 160 32
Shading Units 5120 1024
TMUs 320 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 35 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 28
PCI Express Version — 5.0

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