This Monday in addition to the most outstanding novelty in the Mac world as it is the introduction of the new 12 ″ MacBook, have also been carried out 13 ″ MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina Renovations already existing on the market. In this case we see how the 13 ″ MacBook Pro Retina has a performance comparable to the mid-2014 model in terms of gross power, as indicated by the Geekbench benchmark.
This early 2015 model integrates a processor Intel Core i5 clocked at 2,7 GHz which achieved a score of 3043 on single-core tasks and 6448 on multi-core tasks, a slight variation from last year's entry range which achieved a single-core score of 3056 and a score of 6554 in multi-core tasks.
MacBook Pro Retina 13 ″ Early 2015
On the other hand 11 ″ MacBook Air with a 5GHz Intel Core i1.6 processor , it is also comparable to its predecessor in terms of scores from Geekbench, in this case with a single core it gets a total score of 2753 and in multi-core of 5486 it is slightly higher than that of the mid-2014 model, which gets scores of 2430 and 5291 respectively. For its part, the new 13 ″ MacBook Air obtained slightly lower scores, although the information must be taken with caution since enough tests have not yet been carried out to draw conclusions.
MacBook Air 11 ″ early 2015
It should be remembered on the other hand that these new models, although more energy efficient speaking with a longer battery life, also integrate a more powerful graphics chip and flash storage up to two times faster than the previous one. Specifically, the 13 ″ MacBook Pro Retina model would have up to a 40% more graphics power Compared to the previous year's model, it would specifically integrate an Intel HD Graphics 6100 graphics unit.
For its part, the MacBook Air integrates, like the Pro Retina model, an Intel Broadwell CPU, Thunderbolt 2 connection and Intel HD Graphics 6000 graphics.
It seems incredible that the new MacBook Pros have a lower performance than the basic iMac of mid-2011. I want to go to a laptop but without spending € 2000, and there is no way
Good Barbelith, where did you see that comparison? I say this because on the Genkbench website it is not like that in any of the cases. http://browser.primatelabs.com/
regards
Hi Jordi
This is the benchmark of my IMac, http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2071197, you'll see that in 32-bit multicore it gives 7023, higher than the MacBook Pro
On everymac.com you see the 64 bit score, http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i5-2.5-21-inch-aluminum-mid-2011-thunderbolt-specs.html. In my case it would be higher surely, since I have a ssd and 12GB of ram in it.
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I beat you with my 2011 ″ MacBook Pro late 15 with SSD and 16GB of RAM, it gets 9270 points in multicore
Congratulations 🙂 With the pasture that your friend would cost you is the least
I agree with you Barbelith, it's like going back in time. I see that Apple has left aside, which for me is the most important of technological gadgets, performance and speed features. Now the watchword seems to me to be to sell pretty gadgets, but with no added value when it comes to processing or storage capacities.
Maybe apple is making room for "improvements" in the years to come. Definitely, these types of machines are for "casual" users willing to pay a high cost for the design, because really the improvements are found mainly in the design and not in the benefits and much less the performance. Unfortunately for me, this year is not the year to buy a new macbook either.
Those of you who only see the performance improvement in GeekBench are not seeing the big picture. Apple has different ranges. The Pro is now closer to the Air, which is very high, but let's not forget that they are PORTABLE.
On the other hand, GeekBench cannot value everything, and surely in the new version they will give more weight to one thing or another. The PCIe laptop hard drive may not be as fast as a desktop one, but this version is almost double the SATA3 they carried before.
There is also the issue of consumption, basic in a laptop. These computers spend less and are more powerful than before ... And it is not a capable computer like the macbook, which carries one of the new Atom Core M.