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Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Intel Core i5 6500

	CPU Apple M4 Max 16 Core	CPU Intel Core i5 6500
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2024	Sep 2015
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv9	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M4	Skylake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)	HD Graphics 530
Processor Number		i5-6500
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	14 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	70 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	12	4
Performance Core Threads	12	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.52 GHz	3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.59 GHz
Total Core Count	16	4
Total Thread Count	16	4
Multiplier	45	32x
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		3.6 GHz
L1 Cache		64 K per core
L2 Cache		256 K per core
L3 Cache		6 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5X-8533	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Bandwidth	546 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Max Memory Size		64 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1800 MHz	1050 MHz
Shader Units	5120
Texture Units	320
Raster Operation Units	160
Execution Units	640
Power Consumption	62
Miscellaneous
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Version		3.0
PCIe Lanes		16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2281	966
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27392	3420
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3984	1197
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	26185	3264
Passmark CPU Single Core	4534	2116
Passmark CPU Multi Core	43708	5591