Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
May 2014
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
ARMv9
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Core Architecture
Apple M5
Haswell-WS
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
1.4 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
22 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 1150
Power Consumption
72 W
80 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
160 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA12C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
-
Performance Core Threads
6
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
-
Efficiency Core Threads
12
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
4.38 GHz
-
Total Core Count
18
4
Total Thread Count
18
8
Multiplier
46
34.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L2 Cache
-
256 K per core
L3 Cache
-
8 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR3-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
614 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2005 MHz
-
Shader Units
5120
-
Texture Units
320
-
Raster Operation Units
160
-
Execution Units
640
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3
PCIe Lanes
-
16
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,584
-
Cinebench R23
31,566
-
Geekbench 6
4,355
1,275
Geekbench 6
30,196
4,198
Cinebench 2024
200
-
Cinebench 2024
2,071
-
Passmark CPU
6,027
-
Passmark CPU
58,548
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Blender
-
69