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Here’s how the new M5 Max chip did on early Geekbench tests - 9to5Mac
Publisher description: While the new Macs won’t be available until March 11, the first M5 Max benchmark has already appeared on Geekbench. Here are the results.
NewsAPI | Mar 6, 2026 | Marcus Mendes
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While the new M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros won’t be available until March 11, the first M5 Max benchmark has already appeared on Geekbench. That said, the first test reported for an 18-core M5 Max chip popped up a few hours ago on Geekbench, showing a single-core CPU score of 4,268, and a multi-core CPU score of 29,233. For additional context, the supposed M5 Max results also beat the 14-core M4 Max in the 2025 Mac Studio (4,015 single-core, 23,560 multi-core), as well as the 16-core variant, which averages 4,028 and 26,166.
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