Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.3 Retina (Mid 2012)
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Apple iMac 27" i5 3.8 Retina 5K (2017)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
2,199 $ / 2,279 € Price from 2,299 $ / 2,599 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q2/2017

Processor

Intel Core i7-3615QM Name Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
2.30 (3.30) GHz Frequency 3.80 (4.20) GHz
22 nm Structure 14 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture Kaby Lake
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2017

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 64 GB
DDR3L 1600 Memory Type DDR4 2400
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB Name AMD Radeon Pro 580
Dedicated Type Dedicated
0.90 GHz Frequency 1.10 (1.20) GHz
1.00 GB Memory Size 8.00 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
28 nm Structure 14 nm
Q2/2012 Release date Q2/2017

Graphic card 2

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name Intel UHD Graphics 630
Internal Type Internal
0.65 (1.20) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.15) GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type --
22 nm Structure 14 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q4/2017

Screen

15.4 inch Size 27.0 inch
2880 x 1800 @ 60 Hz (220 ppi) Resolution 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:9
IPS Technology IPS
300 nits Max. Brightness 500 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

256 - 768 GB Size 2,048 - 3,072 GB
SSD Type Fusion (Hybrid)
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional SSD (512 - 2048 GB)
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type --
95.00 Wh Capacity --
7.00 h Battery life --
MagSafe 2 @ 85 W Charging --

Network

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

Camera

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

Ports

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

Dimensions / Housing

18 mm Height 516 mm
359 mm Width 650 mm
247 mm Depth 203 mm
2,020 g Weight 9,440 g
Aluminum Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1398 Part-no A1419
MacBookPro10,1 Ident-No: iMac18,3
2512 EMC-No: 3070
-- 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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