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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 vs Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-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
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
Apple M5 Max (40 Core)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Pentium (150) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Pentium N6000 (2) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Jasper Lake | M5 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1338 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Pentium Silver N5000 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 18 / 18 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Tremont 1.10 - 3.30 GHz |
6x Super-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 12x Performance-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.50 MB | 22.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) | Apple M5 Max (40 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 0.85 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 640 / 5120 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 128 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2021 | Q1/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (614.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 8 | 5.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 60 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 20 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 4.8 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q1/2021 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
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Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
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