Intel Celeron N5100 vs Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)

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Intel Celeron N5100 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Intel Celeron N5100 Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Celeron N5100 and the Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Celeron N5100 4 core processor released in Q1/2021 with the Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) which has 10 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2021.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Apple M series (25)
Intel Celeron N4000/N5000 (6) CPU group Apple M1 (9)
10 Generation 1
Jasper Lake Architecture M1
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Celeron N4100 Predecessor --
-- Successor Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N5100 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) clocks with 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz), has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel.

Intel Celeron N5100 Characteristic Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
4 Cores 10
4 Threads 10
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz)
4x Tremont
A-Core 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz)
8x Firestorm
-- B-Core 0.60 GHz (2.06 GHz)
2x Icestorm

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Celeron N5100 Characteristic Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) GPU Apple M1 Max (32 Core)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.39 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
11 GPU Generation 1
10 nm Technology 5 nm
3 Max. displays 5
24 Compute units 512
192 Shader 4096
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) GPU Apple M1 Max (32 Core)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Celeron N5100, while the Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 409.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Celeron N5100 Characteristic Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR5-6400
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache 28.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
8 PCIe lanes --
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Celeron N5100 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP of the Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Celeron N5100 Characteristic Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
20 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4.8 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N5100 has 5.50 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) is at 28.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 5 nm.

Intel Celeron N5100 Characteristic Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
BGA 1338 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems macOS
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N5100 (28%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N5100 (13%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
463 (30%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1534 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1598 (13%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12402 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
632 (35%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1783 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1834 (14%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12693 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
468 (20%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
2397 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1286 (10%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12439 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
340 (3%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Apple M1 Max (32 Core) @ 1.30 GHz
10600 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
3354 (15%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
22255 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
112 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
796 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
201 (100%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
604 (100%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
192 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
12,402 CB R23 MC @ 45 W
275 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.60 GHz
11 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron N5100 Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Unknown Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)

News and articles for the Intel Celeron N5100 and the Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)


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