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This page lets you directly compare how different CPUs or GPUs perform in real-world workloads using public Puget Bench data. Results are organized into โ€œResult Groups,โ€ which ensure that only comparable runs are evaluated together. These groups are created when there is a meaningful change to the benchmark itself (such as adding or modifying tests) or to the host application that could impact performance.

To help ensure accurate comparisons, parts are only shown when there are at least 10 results in the database. Because Puget Bench relies on publicly submitted data, individual results can vary due to factors such as overclocking, thermal limits, or differences in system configuration. Requiring a minimum sample size helps smooth out these outliers and provides a more accurate representation of how each component performs in typical use.

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Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 (10 Cores)
Overall Score (Standard) 12056.2 6634.15
Overall Score (Extended) 12888.73 7468
Canon Score (Standard) | Canon 128.29 71.99
Panasonic Score (Standard) | Panasonic 111.88 61.23
Canon Score (Extended) | Canon 131.5 73
Panasonic Score (Extended) | Panasonic 114.49 63.65
Sony Score (Extended) | Sony 136.07 77.53
Nikon Score (Extended) | Nikon 100 60.38
AI Score (Extended) | AI 187.32 106.75
Import 250 Photos – Canon | Canon 2.6 seconds 2.66 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Canon | Canon 18.32 seconds 47.14 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Canon | Canon 59.71 seconds 96.67 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Canon | Canon 24.5 seconds 54.21 seconds
Import 250 Photos – Panasonic | Panasonic 2.78 seconds 2.81 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Panasonic | Panasonic 21.74 seconds 48.22 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Panasonic | Panasonic 41.29 seconds 80.56 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Panasonic | Panasonic 53.97 seconds 110.11 seconds
Import 250 Photos – Sony | Sony 2.65 seconds 2.53 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Sony | Sony 17.27 seconds 45.57 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Sony | Sony 46.44 seconds 78.54 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Sony | Sony 25.84 seconds 48.29 seconds
Import 250 Photos – Nikon | Nikon 2.73 seconds 2.69 seconds
Create 100 Smart Previews – Nikon | Nikon 30.39 seconds 69.86 seconds
Export 100 JPG – Nikon | Nikon 65.01 seconds 90.41 seconds
Export 100 DNG – Nikon | Nikon 37.48 seconds 71.92 seconds
Select Sky (4 image average) | AI 0.59 seconds 0.71 seconds
Select Subject (4 image average) | AI 0.49 seconds 0.59 seconds
Reflection Removal (4 image average) | AI 4.13 seconds 8.51 seconds
Denoise (4 image average) | AI 11.41 seconds 57.33 seconds
Enhanced Details (4 image average) | AI 2.02 seconds 2.7 seconds
Super Resolution (4 image average) | AI 6.52 seconds 9.7 seconds

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Recent Uploads with Apple M5 Max (18 Cores)

Date CPU GPU RAM OS Overall Score (Extended) Overall Score (Standard)
2026-11-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 12504.00 11642.00
2026-10-19 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 11057.00
2026-10-07 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 27 17047.00
2026-10-03 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 27 17601.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 13527.00 13402.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 12350.00 10755.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 12419.00 10975.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 11059.00 10117.00
2026-10-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 12921.00 13969.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 14148.00 15498.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 18683.00 18004.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 16428.00 13918.00
2026-09-30 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 27 19138.00 19089.00
2026-09-27 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 27 12582.00
2026-09-22 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 27 16790.00
2026-09-22 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 27 16483.00
2026-08-05 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13508.00 11397.00
2026-07-11 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 10859.00
2026-06-22 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13093.00 12011.00
2026-06-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13128.00 12651.00
2026-06-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12979.00 12902.00
2026-06-14 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11378.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 12562.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 7627.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 10070.00
2026-05-19 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 16079.00
2026-05-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13979.00
2026-05-14 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12915.00
2026-05-14 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 15833.00
2026-05-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 13526.00 12005.00
2026-05-09 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 13986.00
2026-04-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11536.00
2026-04-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8036.00
2026-04-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 15456.00 16152.00
2026-04-11 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 10012.00
2026-04-07 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 12888.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 15280.00 15671.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11956.00 10494.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11912.00 10565.00
2026-04-02 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12533.00 10523.00
2026-03-23 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11196.00
2026-03-21 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 64GB macOS 26 11743.00
2026-03-18 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 26 10590.00
2026-03-16 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11313.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12864.00 11696.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12711.00 11550.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 14213.00 14044.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 10015.00 8354.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9235.00 9235.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 10119.00 8547.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9917.00 8390.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8253.00
2026-03-15 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 8036.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 26 11244.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(32 Cores) 36GB macOS 26 8409.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 10336.00 9590.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12197.00 12120.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9563.00 11036.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11699.00 11919.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9028.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 11843.00
2026-03-13 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 9050.00
2026-03-12 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 12849.00 12076.00
2026-03-12 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 128GB macOS 26 13062.00 12239.00
2026-03-11 Apple M5 Max (18 Cores) Apple M5 Max(40 Cores) 48GB macOS 26 11092.00

Recent Uploads with Apple M5 (10 Cores)

Date CPU GPU RAM OS Overall Score (Standard) Overall Score (Extended)
2026-11-05 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 27 5717.00
2026-11-05 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 27 5426.00
2026-10-31 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 16GB macOS 27 7743.00
2026-10-01 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 16GB macOS 27 7106.00
2026-09-05 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 6558.00 6616.00
2026-09-05 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 6616.00
2026-09-05 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 7050.00
2026-07-31 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 6558.00
2026-07-31 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 6221.00
2026-06-09 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 16GB macOS 26 8503.00 8280.00
2026-05-21 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 32GB macOS 26 6080.00 7033.00
2026-05-21 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 32GB macOS 26 6278.00 7177.00
2026-05-21 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 32GB macOS 26 6539.00 7382.00
2026-04-30 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 5895.00
2026-04-28 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(8 Cores) 16GB macOS 26 5708.00
2026-04-12 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 16GB macOS 26 6396.00
2026-03-22 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(8 Cores) 16GB macOS 26 5888.00
2026-03-17 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 24GB macOS 26 7564.00
2026-03-14 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(8 Cores) 16GB macOS 26 6573.00
2026-03-11 Apple M5 (10 Cores) Apple M5(10 Cores) 32GB macOS 26 8264.00 9098.00

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