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Intel Core i5-9400H vs Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-9400H
56 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-9400H
34 %
4C / 8T · 2.50 GHz
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-9400H
63 %
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-9400H
31 %
4C / 8T · 2.50 GHz
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
100 %
Apple M1 Max (32 Core)
More benchmarks
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
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3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
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Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
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Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
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AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 9000H (11) | Apple M1 (9) |
| Architecture | Coffee Lake H Refresh | M1 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1440 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-8400H | |
| Successor | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.50 - 4.30 GHz |
8x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Apple M1 Max (32 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.10 GHz | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 512 / 4096 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 5 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) LPDDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 35 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400H | Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q2/2019 | Q3/2021 |
| Release price | 250 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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