intel core i5 12500h vs apple m1 max

Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core i5 12500H
Apple M1 Max

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 12500H (Laptop) 12-cores against Apple M1 Max (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 Intel Core i5 12500H and Apple M1 Max
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Has 30 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i5 12500h +9%
1699
m1 max
1544
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i5 12500h
12242
m1 max +2%
12507
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i5 12500h
3579
m1 max +8%
3872
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i5 12500h
21632
m1 max +4%
22551
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i5 12500h
1632
m1 max +9%
1800
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i5 12500h
10260
m1 max +19%
12695

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i5 12500h and m1 max

General

Intel Core i5 12500H Apple M1 Max
Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4 2022 October 18 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-H
Socket FCBGA1744
Integrated GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

Performance

Intel Core i5 12500H Apple M1 Max
Cores 12 10
Threads 16 10
Base Frequency 2.5 GHz GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.5 GHz GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 2.9 MB
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 28 MB
L3 Cache 18 MB (shared) 48 MB

Power

Intel Core i5 12500H Apple M1 Max
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i5 12500H Apple M1 Max
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 64 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 12500H Apple M1 Max
Integrated Graphics Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.3 MHz MHz
Shading Units 640 4096
TMUs 40 256
ROPs 20 128
Execution Units 80
TGP 15 W 60 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i5 12500h
1.41 TFLOPS
m1 max
10.4 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 12500H Apple M1 Max
Official site Intel Core i5 12500H official page Apple M1 Max official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Max or Intel Core i5 12500H?