Apple M3 Max vs Intel Core i5 1245U

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Apple M3 Max

Intel Core i5 1245U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i5 1245U with 10 cores 1.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 1.6GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 1245U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +20%

1968

Intel Core i5 1245U

1629

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +229%

24163

Intel Core i5 1245U

7341

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +68%

3227

Intel Core i5 1245U

1910

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +365%

21173

Intel Core i5 1245U

4549

Blender

Apple M3 Max +291%

415

Intel Core i5 1245U

106

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Max +52%

4793

Intel Core i5 1245U

3147

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +206%

40041

Intel Core i5 1245U

13083

Apple M3 Max

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Intel Core i5 1245U

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Feb 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-U

-

Processor Number

i5-1245U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

40 W

Power Consumption

12-15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

2

12

Performance Core Threads

-

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

8

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

16x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

5120

Shader Units

640

320

Texture Units

40

160

Raster Operation Units

20

640

Execution Units

80

-

Power Consumption

15 W

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.41 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 1245U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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