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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 74 %

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 42 %

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

438 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

559 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

3,135 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

8,188 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

112 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

139 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

796 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

2,047 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

1,534 pts

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

2,261 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

12,402 pts

20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

35,315 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

20C / 20T · 5.50 GHz

3,210

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz

12,439

20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

21,640

AI performance (NPU)

10C / 10T · 0.60 GHz

11.0 TOPS

20C / 20T · 3.90 GHz

13.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU group	Apple M1 (9)	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	M1	Arrow Lake
Technology	5 nm	3 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		LGA 1851
Predecessor
Successor	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 10	20 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz	8x Lion Cove 3.90 - 5.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz	12x Skymont 3.30 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	28.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache		30.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
GPU name	Apple M1 Max (24 Core)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	384 / 3072	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
TDP	45 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		177 W
TDP up		250 W
TDP down
T. junction max.		105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2021	Q4/2024
Release price		379 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) is 4.9 stars (152 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF has received 4.3 stars (66 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
20C / 20T · 3.90 - 5.50 GHz

★★★★★