apple m1 max vs intel core i5 1235u

Apple M1 Max
VS
Intel Core i5 1235U
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core i5 1235U

We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Max (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i5 1235U (Laptop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Apple M1 Max and Intel Core i5 1235U
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Has 36 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
  • Newer released 1 years later

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1 max +5%
1544
core i5 1235u
1474
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +59%
12507
core i5 1235u
5119
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1 max +11%
3872
core i5 1235u
3430
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
m1 max +39%
22551
core i5 1235u
13699
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 max +11%
1800
core i5 1235u
1609
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +52%
12695
core i5 1235u
6085

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 max and core i5 1235u

General

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i5 1235U
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-U
Socket FCBGA1744
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i5 1235U
Cores 10 10
Threads 10 12
Base Frequency GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 48 MB 12 MB (shared)

Power

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i5 1235U
Fabrication process 5 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W 15 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i5 1235U
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i5 1235U
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.2 MHz
Shading Units 4096 640
TMUs 256 40
ROPs 128 20
Execution Units 80
TGP 60 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
m1 max
10.4 TFLOPS
core i5 1235u
1.41 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i5 1235U
Official site Apple M1 Max official page Intel Core i5 1235U official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 1235U or Apple M1 Max?