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Intel Core i5 1135G7 vs Apple M1 Max

36 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1135G7
VS
61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core i5 1135G7
Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 0.9-2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 1135G7 with 4-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Max with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Max and 1135G7
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 1783 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1135G7
vs
M1 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i5 1135G7
64
M1 Max +73%
111
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 1135G7
238
M1 Max +232%
789
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 1135G7
1783
M1 Max +36%
2431
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1135G7
4930
M1 Max +157%
12673
File compression 415.2 MB/sec 1450 MB/sec
Clang compilation 31.2 Klines/sec 105.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 92.1 pages/sec 329.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 149.6 Mpixels/sec 317 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 149.6 pages/sec 249.6 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
Photo processing 46.9 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.1 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 775 & 447 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 1135G7
2596
M1 Max +48%
3831
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1135G7
9301
M1 Max +138%
22162
Integer math 31.3 GOps/sec 46.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 34M Primes/sec 278M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.4M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101 MBytes/sec 274.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 559 Frames/sec 2833 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17882 & 2398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1135G7
56.94
M1 Max +250%
199.2

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.5 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 176.1 PPW 253.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 332.2 PPW 443.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.03 PPW 3.98 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 1135G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Neup_Gamerz)Geekbench 6 CPU1908 / 5270
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (monir)Geekbench 6 CPU1862 / 6087
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (VSM)Geekbench 6 CPU1191 / 1891
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-26 (Guest #3)Cinebench 202464 / 238
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Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1135G7 and Apple M1 Max

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 2, 2020 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M1
Model number i5-1135G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 0.9-2.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 2
E-Threads - 2
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 9-24x -
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 57 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 50 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 640 4096
TMUs 40 256
ROPs 20 128
Execution Units 80 512
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1135G7
1.7 TFLOPS
M1 Max +524%
10.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1135G7 official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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Comments

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