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Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Intel Core i5 12500

	CPU Apple M4 Max 16 Core	CPU Intel Core i5 12500
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2024	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv9	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M4	Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics	Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)	UHD Graphics 770
Processor Number		i5-12500
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	70 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	12	6
Performance Core Threads	12	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.52 GHz	3.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.59 GHz
Total Core Count	16	6
Total Thread Count	16	12
Multiplier	45	30x
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		4.6 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L1 Cache		64 K per core
L2 Cache		1280 K per core
L3 Cache		18 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5X-8533	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Bandwidth	546 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1800 MHz	1450 MHz
Shader Units	5120	256
Texture Units	320	16
Raster Operation Units	160	8
Execution Units	640	32
Power Consumption	62	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Version		5.0
PCIe Lanes		20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2281	1805
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27392	12471
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3984	2032
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	26185	6066
Passmark CPU Single Core	4534	3680
Passmark CPU Multi Core	43708	19747