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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-13500E

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Rank 2 - 88 %
Intel Core i5-13500E
Multi-core performance
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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Rank ?
Intel Core i5-13500E
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
2,689
Intel Core i5-13500E
14C / 20T · 4.60 GHz
2,375
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Apple M2 Max (38 Core)
13,490
Intel Core i5-13500E
Intel UHD Graphics 770
794

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
FamilyApple M series (38)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
ArchitectureM2Alder Lake S Refresh
Technology5 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple M1 Max (32-GPU)Intel Core i5-12500E
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
CPU Cores / Threads12 / 1214 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 8x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
6x Golden Cove
2.40 - 4.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
8x Gracemont
1.50 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache36.00 MB11.50 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
GPU nameApple M2 Max (38 Core)Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader608 / 486432 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays53
Max. GPU Memory96 GB64 GB
Technology5 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2023Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory96 GB128 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.0 x 325.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth63.0 GB/s78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
TDP40 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)Intel Core i5-13500E
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ1/2023Q1/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i5-13500E
Intel Core i5-13500E
14C / 20T · 2.40 - 4.60 GHz

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