Apple M5 (10-Core) vs M2 Max
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz M2 Max with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
- Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
- 59% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2695 points
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
- More powerful Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) integrated graphics: 13.6 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
- Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- Around 256 GB/s (167%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 2 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4456 | - |
Cinebench Scores (113th and 148th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1790 MB/sec | 1690 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 138 Klines/sec | 131.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 427.3 pages/sec | 368.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 430.7 Mpixels/sec | 382.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 421.1 pages/sec | 272.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 78.7 images/sec | 54.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 156.2 images/sec | 149.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 21.6 Mpixels/sec | 17 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 56.9 GOps/sec | 57.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 75.6 GOps/sec | 73.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 301M Primes/sec | 359M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.6M Strings/sec | 41.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 17.1 GBytes/sec | 15.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 296.6 MBytes/sec | 335.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3199 Frames/sec | 3849 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 15.1B Matrices/sec | 14.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 43.8 PPW | 20.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 661.6 PPW | 297.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 991.8 PPW | 536.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 10.22 PPW | 5.06 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-29 -> knotp37 | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 3841 |
| 📘 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondraju | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4224 / 17165 |
| 📘 2025-12-27 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4289 / 18011 |
Apple M2 Max
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and M2 MaxGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | October 15, 2025 | January 17, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M2 |
| Model number | T8142 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.0 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 10 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 46x | 35x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 22MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 67 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 27 W | 50 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
| Die Size | 157.48 mm² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 64th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 4864 |
| TMUs | 80 | 304 |
| ROPs | 40 | 152 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 608 |
| TGP | - | 70 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
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