{"id":220406,"date":"2026-03-05T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/apples-m5-max-chip-achieves-a-new-record-in-first-benchmark-result\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:57:15","slug":"apples-m5-max-chip-achieves-a-new-record-in-first-benchmark-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/apples-m5-max-chip-achieves-a-new-record-in-first-benchmark-result\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s M5 Max Chip Achieves a New Record in First Benchmark Result"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/05\/m5-max-geekbench-benchmarks\/\">Apple&#8217;s M5 Max Chip Achieves a New Record in First Benchmark Result<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/05\/m5-max-geekbench-benchmarks\/\">https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/05\/m5-max-geekbench-benchmarks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-05 18:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.macrumors.com\">www.macrumors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first Geekbench 6 result for a 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Max chip surfaced today, and Apple has achieved record-breaking performance.<\/p>\n<p>In this unconfirmed result, the M5 Max with an 18-core CPU achieved a score of 29,233 for multi-core CPU performance, which tops the 27,726 score achieved by the Mac Studio&#8217;s M3 Ultra chip with a 32-core CPU. M5 Max is now the fastest Apple silicon chip ever, and it even topped every other consumer PC processor in the Geekbench database.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of multi-core CPU performance, the M5 Max is up to 5% faster than the M3 Ultra, and up to 15% faster than the M4 Max chip with a 16-core CPU.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a comparison of the multi-core CPU results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max (18-core CPU):<\/strong> 29,233 (one result)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mac Studio with M3 Ultra (32-core CPU):<\/strong> 27,726 (average of all results)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mac Studio with M4 Max (16-core CPU):<\/strong> 26,166 (average of all results)<\/li>\n<li><strong>16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Max (16-core CPU):<\/strong> 25,702 (average of all results)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned for coverage of additional benchmarks, including Metal scores for graphics.<\/p>\n<p>The new MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max are available to pre-order now, and they will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on March 11.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"heading--1cooZo6n heading--h3--23mHEuMI inline--Nnb-B96C\">Popular Stories<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading--1cooZo6n heading--h4--3n5gZUlc title--3FvxcRdi\">Apple Accidentally Leaks &#8216;MacBook Neo&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Apple appears to have prematurely revealed the name of its rumored lower-cost MacBook model, which is expected to be announced this Wednesday.<br \/>\nA regulatory document for a &#8220;MacBook Neo&#8221; (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple&#8217;s website. 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