Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)

Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
  • Cores: 18
  • TDP: – W
  • Transistor size: 3 nm
M5 Max (32-сore GPU) - laptop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 18 cores and 18 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 4610 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core).

Review

Single-Core Performance
100
Multi-Core Performance
97
Power Efficiency
97
Integrated Graphics
99
NanoReview Final Score
99
Compare Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU) with other CPUs

Test in Benchmarks

Performance test of Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU) in benchmarks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
200
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
2386
Cinebench Scores - 9th place

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
4283
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
29068
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
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
5928
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
57465
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
Sources: PassMark [3] – 125 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
576.42

Specifications

M5 Max (32-сore GPU) technical specifications

General

Vendor Apple
Released March 3, 2026
Type Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9
Codename Apple M5
Model number T6051
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 18
P-Threads 18
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz
Total
Total Cores 18
Total Threads 18
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Multiplier 46x
L1 Cache 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No

Package

Transistors 28 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm
Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz
Shading Units 4096
TMUs 256
ROPs 128
Execution Units 512
iGPU FLOPS
13.3 TFLOPS
See also: Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) – integrated graphics of this CPU

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB
Memory Channels 24
Max. Memory Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
ECC Support No

Misc

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Apple©️ March 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
64W TDP on this chip, 8 less than its flagship counterpart
+7 Reply
Serhii March 26, 2026 at 09:06 AM
Can you please share source of the TDP info?
+5 Reply