Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.3 (2017)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.9 Retina (Late 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,099 $ / 1,299 € Price from 1,899 $ / 1,949 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2012

Processor

Intel Core i5-7360U Name Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
2.30 (3.60) GHz Frequency 2.90 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Kaby Lake U Architecture Ivy Bridge
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
DDR4 2133 Memory Type DDR3L 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (1.00) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.25) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

21.5 inch Size 13.3 inch
1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (103 ppi) Resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz (227 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology IPS
-- Max. Brightness 300 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

1,024 GB Size 128 - 768 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
Optional 1TB Fusion Drive / 256GB SSD 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

-- Type Lithium-Polymer
-- Capacity 74.00 Wh
-- Battery life 7.00 h
-- Charging MagSafe 2 @ 60 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
1 Gbit LAN --
Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 0.9 MP, 720p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
4x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

450 mm Height 19 mm
528 mm Width 314 mm
175 mm Depth 219 mm
5,440 g Weight 1,620 g
-- Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1418 Part-no A1425
iMac18,1 Ident-No: MacBookPro10,2
3068 EMC-No: 2557
-- Security features --
Link to manufacturer data sheet Link to manufacturer

Benchmark results

Geekbench 6 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 6 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Cinebench R23 - Single Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




Cinebench R23 - Multi Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) - FP32 (TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS. TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second. The larger this number, the faster the graphics card is.




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