M5 Max (18C40G) vs Intel Core i5-7500

M5 Max (18C40G)
Intel Core i5-7500 $202
18 Cores
18 Threads
4.61GHz Clock
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.4GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1151
iGPU
40-Core M5 Max
16.59 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
HD 630 1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 4,340
107%
GB6M 29,335
110%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 15
Architecture
Skylake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 7th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
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M5 Max
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AS15P
M-Core
AS15M
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Codename
Kaby Lake-S
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Kaby Lake-4C-GT2
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/3/2026
Release Date
1/3/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Intel
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Node
N3P
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Node
14nm+
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Die Size
Unknown
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Die Size
125 mm²
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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Unknown
LGA 1151
18 Cores
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12 M-Cores
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4 Cores
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18 Threads
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12 M-Cores
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4 Threads
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4.61GHz
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3.4GHz
3.8GHz Boost
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M-Core
4.38GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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Lanes
4
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Bandwidth
4GB/s
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Bi-directional
8GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/Core
6-way set associative
192KB/M-Core
6-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
128KB/Core
4-way set associative
128KB/M-Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
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16MB Shared
16-way set associative
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16MB Shared (M-Core)
16-way set associative
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L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L3
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6MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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48MB SLC Cache
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Channels
4
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
4800MHz
Transfer Rate
9600MT/s
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
2400MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
153.6GB/s
Bandwidth
614.4GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
19.2GB/s
Bandwidth
38.4GB/s
TDP
140W
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TDP
65W
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Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Stock Cooler 115x-Al v2
PCIe 4.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
40-Core M5 Max
5120 Shaders
1620MHz
16.59 TFLOPS FP32
HD 630 1100MHz
192 Shaders
1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
H17 Hyperion
No NPU
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2448.0MHz
16 Cores
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38 TOPS INT8
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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