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Apple M5 Max (18-core) vs Huawei Kirin X90 Plus

Apple M5 Max (18-core)
89Inno Score
VS
Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
—Inno Score
92Single-core—
96.6Multi-core—
93.3Efficiencyspec-based67
61.9Platformspec-based—
0 spec wins — Apple M5 Max (18-core)0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin X90 Plus

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

General

General comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
Announced20262026
Process3 nm—
Base TDP—28 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
Cores18—
Performance cores6—
Efficiency cores12—
Threads18—
Boost clock4.6 GHz—
L3 cache24 MB—

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
iGPUApple 40-core GPU—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
Memory supportLPDDR5X-9600—
Max memory128 GB—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
Geekbench 6 (single)4,322Top 2%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)29,256Top 1%—
PassMark57,677Top 2%—

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