Apple M1 Max 's Advantages
Released 3 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Lower TDP (28W vs 30W)