Apple M6 (12-Core) vs M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores against the 4.61 GHz M5 Max (32-сore GPU) with 18-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 M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 6 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
Advantages of Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- Around 290.8 GB/s (171%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 13.3 vs 4.9 TFLOPS
- Has 6 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (91st and 9th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 2730 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 264.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 769.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 762.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 438.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 99.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 260.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 48.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 132.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 186.1 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 553M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 84.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 689.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 6847 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 33.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M6 (12-Core) and M5 Max (32-сore GPU)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | March 3, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M6 | Apple M5 |
| Model number | T8152 | T6051 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 18 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 18 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.79 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 18 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 46x |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 28 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 3 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (10th and 1st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 4096 |
| TMUs | 96 | 256 |
| ROPs | 80 | 128 |
| Execution Units | 192 | 512 |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-10667 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 24 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 170 GB/s | 460.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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