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Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs M1 Max

94 out of 100
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
VS
61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) with 15-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Max with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Max and (15-Core)
Advantages of Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
  • Newer - released 4 years and 5 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 75% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4254 vs 2431 points
  • Has 5 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 6.6 TFLOPS
  • Around 102.4 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 Pro (15-Core)
vs
M1 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +78%
198
M1 Max
111
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +134%
1850
M1 Max
789
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 720 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7161 -
Cinebench Scores (#40th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +75%
4254
M1 Max
2431
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +104%
25906
M1 Max
12673
File compression 2370 MB/sec 1450 MB/sec
Clang compilation 222.4 Klines/sec 105.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 672.6 pages/sec 329.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 667.2 Mpixels/sec 317 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 436.8 pages/sec 249.6 pages/sec
Background blur 98.7 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
Photo processing 238.6 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.7 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 447 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +53%
5863
M1 Max
3831
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M5 Pro (15-Core) +120%
48677
M1 Max
22162
Integer math 109.6 GOps/sec 46.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 154.6 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 460M Primes/sec 278M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 70.6M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.8 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 581.1 MBytes/sec 274.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 5367 Frames/sec 2833 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.6B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 94 & 2398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.8 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 417.8 PPW 253.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 785.1 PPW 443.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.98 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-09 (loltoast)Geekbench 6 CPU4309 / 26914
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-30 (JSK)Geekbench 6 CPU4287 / 26529
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Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) and M1 Max

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released March 3, 2026 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M5 Apple M1
Model number T6050 -
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Successor - - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 15 8
P-Threads 15 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 2
E-Threads - 2
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 15 10
Total Threads 15 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 46x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions 57 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 62 W 50 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC -
Die Size 166.85 mmยฒ -
Laptop processors ranking (4th and 95th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock - 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 2048 4096
TMUs 128 256
ROPs 64 128
Execution Units 256 512
iGPU FLOPS
M5 Pro (15-Core)
6.6 TFLOPS
M1 Max +61%
10.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) compared to M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 16 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307.2 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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Comments

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