Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) vs Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3

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CPU Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU) Apple · 2026-03

CPU Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 Intel · 2014-05

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 (32-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

64 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

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Performance Core Threads

6

—

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.61 GHz

3.5 GHz

Efficiency Cores

12

—

Efficiency Core Threads

12

—

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

4.38 GHz

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Total Core Count

18

4

Total Thread Count

18

8

Multiplier

46

35.0

L1 Cache

192 K per core

64 K per core

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

—

3.9 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

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Max Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

Yes

Max Memory Channels

—

2

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2005 MHz

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Shader Units

4096

—

Texture Units

256

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Raster Operation Units

128

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Execution Units

512

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Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

—

3

PCIe Lanes

—

16

Benchmark

Geekbench 6

4,282

1,206

Geekbench 6

29,052

3,716

Cinebench 2024

200

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Cinebench 2024

2,065

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