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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Apple M1 Max

52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
VS
61 out of 100
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Apple M1 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-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 125H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Around 320 GB/s (357%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 3.9 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2431 vs 2136 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 125H
vs
M1 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core Ultra 5 125H
100
M1 Max +11%
111
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core Ultra 5 125H
709
M1 Max +11%
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 Ultra 5 125H
2136
M1 Max +14%
2431
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 125H
10076
M1 Max +26%
12673
File compression 1090 MB/sec 1450 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 105.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 273.9 pages/sec 329.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 321.4 Mpixels/sec 317 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 226.1 pages/sec 249.6 pages/sec
Background blur 42.4 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
Photo processing 103.8 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 823 & 447 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 125H
3321
M1 Max +15%
3831
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 125H
20044
M1 Max +11%
22162
Integer math 67.6 GOps/sec 46.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 278M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.9M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.3 MBytes/sec 274.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1359 Frames/sec 2833 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2263 & 2398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 125H
137.14
M1 Max +45%
199.2

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.3 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 359.9 PPW 253.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715.9 PPW 443.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.9 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 Ultra 5 125H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (Dazzy G)Geekbench 6 CPU2266 / 11468
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision)Geekbench 6 CPU2314 / 11107
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision)Cinebench 2024103 / 763
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (Fadaf)Geekbench 6 CPU2221 / 11456
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (ilikememe)Geekbench 6 CPU2201 / 11410
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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 Ultra 5 125H and Apple M1 Max

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M1
Model number 125H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU)
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 2
E-Threads 10 2
Base Frequency (E) 0.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 18 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 12x -
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 57 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 50 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 896 4096
TMUs 56 256
ROPs 24 128
Execution Units 112 512
TGP 28 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 125H
3.9 TFLOPS
M1 Max +172%
10.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) compared to Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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Comments

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