Apple M2 Max (12C30G) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Full Specs

Summary

12 Cores(8P+4E) 12 Threads(8P+4E) 3.69GHz	14 Cores(4P+8M+2E) 18 Threads(8P+8M+2E) 1.2GHz
TDP 140W	TDP 28W
Bandwidth 409.6GB/s LPDDR5	Bandwidth 119.5GB/s LPDDR5X·DDR5
iGPU 30-Core M2 Max	iGPU Arc 7C 2200MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 7.88 TFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket BGA 2049

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M2 Max (12C30G)2,825

x1.24

Core Ultra 5 125H2,275

x1

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Core Config

12 Cores 8P - 4E	14 Cores 4P 8M 2E
12 Threads 8P - 4E	18 Threads 8P 8M 2E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.69GHz	Base Clock 1.2GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 4.5GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P - 128KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 64KB E
L1d 128KB P - 64KB E	L1d 48KB P 32KB M 32KB E
L2 24MB P shared - 4MB E shared	L2 2MB P - 2MB M shared 2MB E shared
L3 -	L3 18MB
SLC Cache 48MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5	Type LPDDR5X·DDR5
Max Memory 64GB	Max Memory 96GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 4	Channels 2
Bus Width 512-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 6400MT/s	Speed 7466MT/s
Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Bandwidth 119.5GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7466MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 119.5GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 140W	TDP 28W
cTDP-down -	cTDP-down 20W
cTDP-up -	cTDP-up 65W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 115W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 110°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 31.5GB/sBandwidth	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x8 31.5GB/sBandwidth
-	PCIe Secondary PCIe 4.0 x20 39.4GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 30-Core M2 Max	iGPU Arc 7C 2200MHz
Shaders 3840	Shaders 896
Boost Clock 1.4GHz	Boost Clock 2.2GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 7.88 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H14 Selene	NPU Model AI Boost 3
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 2
NPU Clock 2.1GHz	NPU Clock 1.4GHz
Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16	Performance 11.5 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A	Architecture Meteor Lake
Family M Series	Family Core Ultra Series 1
Branding	Branding
Codename Rhodes-1C M2 MaxVariant AvalancheP-Core - BlizzardE-Core	Codename Meteor Lake-H Meteor Lake-P-6PVariant Redwood CoveP-Core CrestmontM-Core CrestmontE-Core
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Dec 14, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries TSMCiGPU TSMCIO TSMCSoC
Fabrication Node N5P - - -	Fabrication Node Intel 4 N5iGPU N6IO N6SoC
Die Size 486mm² - - -	Die Size 68mm² 44mm²iGPU 28mm²IO 100mm²SoC
Transistor Count 67 Billion	Transistor Count 10 Billion
Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 147 MTr/mm²

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Used In

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Desktops Mac Studio(M2 Max, Mid 2023)	Desktops -

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