Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.3 (Mid 2012)
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Apple Mac mini i3 3.6 (2018)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Space Grey
1,799 $ / 1,849 € Price from 799 $ / 899 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2018

Processor

Intel Core i7-3615QM Name Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
2.30 (3.30) GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
22 nm Structure 14 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture Coffee Lake S
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2018

Memory

4 - 8 GB Memory Size 8 - 64 GB
DDR3 1600 Memory Type DDR4 2666
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 0.5 GB Name Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dedicated Type Internal
0.90 GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.05) GHz
1.00 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type --
28 nm Structure 14 nm
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2017

Graphic card 2

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name --
Internal Type --
0.65 (1.20) GHz Frequency --
0.50 GB Memory Size --
LPDDR3 Memory Type --
22 nm Structure --
Q1/2011 Release date --

Screen

15.4 inch Size --
1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz (110 ppi) Resolution
16:10 Ratio --
TN Technology --
300 nits Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 4096 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

500 - 1,000 GB Size 128 - 2,048 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB) 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type --
77.50 Wh Capacity --
7.00 h Battery life --
MagSafe @ 85 W Charging --

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11ac
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

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

Ports

-- HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
-- DVI --
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1) DistplayPort --
1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort) Thunderbolt 4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
2x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
-- USB-C 2x (Thunderbolt)
-- Lightning --
1x Firewire 800 Other --

Dimensions / Housing

24 mm Height 36 mm
364 mm Width 197 mm
249 mm Depth 197 mm
2,560 g Weight 1,300 g
Aluminum Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1286 Part-no A1993
MacBookPro9,1 Ident-No: Macmini8,1
2556 EMC-No: 3213
-- 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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