![]() The 15-inch MacBook Pro scored 4216, which is. However, the improvements in other areas, such as battery life and graphics performance, may make this a compelling upgrade for users with a first-generation Retina MacBook Pro. In Geekbench 4.0.1, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar scored 3927 in the single-core 64-bit CPU test, which is 5.3 percent faster than the previous generation’s score, and 4.2 percent faster than the just-released 13-inch 2GHz MacBook Pro with function keys. Much like the MacBook Air update earlier this year, the MacBook Pro update provides only a modest improvement in processor performance. Running at a lower "base" frequency helps save power. ![]() The processors are capable of "boosting" to much higher frequencies when needed. These frequencies are somewhat misleading, as they're the "base" frequencies. What's interesting about these gains is that they come from processors with lower frequencies (e.g., 2.6GHz vs 2.8GHz for the high-end models). Both are 2% to 4% faster than the previous generation. The same gains aren't present in the mid- and low-end models, though. There are some significant performance gains for the high-end model as it's 10% faster than the previous generation. Here are the results for the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro. Users with applications that only use one core won't notice much difference between the Air and the Pro. What is surprising is that the high-end Pro is only 5% faster than the high-end Air in single-core performance (the difference increases to 13% in multi-core performance). This isn't surprising given that the design focus of the new processors was power consumption, not performance. ![]() There are only minor performance gains (2% to 4%) between the new generation and the previous generation. I've also included results for the 13-inch MacBook Air, as people often have trouble deciding between the 13-inch Pro and the 13-inch Air. Here are the results for the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. It's a free download and only takes a couple of minutes to run. If you're curious how your Mac or PC compares, you can download Geekbench 3 to find out. Higher Geekbench scores are better, with double the score indicating double the performance. The multi-core test of the MacBook 2016 early showed 5252 points. The 2015 model scored 2303 points in GeekBench 3. If you're not familiar with Geekbench 3, it is a cross-platform processor and memory benchmark. The test for one core scored 2670 points. I've collected Geekbench 3 results for all of the Retina MacBook Pros and charted the results below. I wanted to take a closer look and see how much faster the new Retina MacBook Pros are compared to the previous Retina MacBook Pros. It’s an updated architecture with better video encoding and 64 execution units.Geekbench 3 results for the new Retina MacBook Pros are now available on the Geekbench Browser and on the Mac Benchmark Chart. Intel’s CPU database does not list a part that matches the specs of Apple’s new model exactly, but it most likely features the G7 variant of Intel’s latest integrated GPU. The old model’s Iris Plus had 48 execution units and 128MB of embedded DRAM. The new and old graphics were both confusingly named “Intel Iris Plus” but they’re quite different. The new MacBook Pro also has a new integrated graphics processor. It has a significant advantage with eight cores, double that of the processors in the 13-inch models. When you consider that the new model has a maximum boost clock speed of 3.8GHz and the old one went up to 4.1GHz, that’s fairly impressive.Īs you can see, the 16-inch MacBook Pro leaves all the 13-inch models in the dust. With a Geekbench 5 score of 4480, that is just over a 14 percent improvement. When it comes to multi-core performance, the new MacBook Pro provides a modest increase over the model it replaces. But as you’ll see, the bigger laptop separates itself when it comes to multi-core performance. It’s also hard to ignore that a single core of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro’s processor is able to keep pace with a single core of the 16-inch MacBook Pro’s processor, despite significantly lower core and boost clock speeds. (Tessmark 8x Open GL 4.0, Windowed 1440 x 900, no AA, Mac set to 'best for Retina' default resolution): 2015 Mac: 11,049 (183 fps) 2014 Mac: 7055 (117 fps) Geekbench 3 Benchmark Comparison Table: Early 2015 13' MacBook Pro, 2.7GHz Core i5.
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