Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.3 Retina (Mid 2012)
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Apple Watch Series 8 45mm GPS (2022)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Midnight, Starlight, Silver, (PRODUCT)RED
2,199 $ Price from 429 $
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2022

Processor

Intel Core i7-3615QM Name Apple S8
Intel Manufacturer Apple
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 2 / 2
2.30 (3.30) GHz Frequency 1.80 (1.80) GHz
22 nm Structure 7 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture S8
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2022

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 1 GB
DDR3L 1600 Memory Type 0 0
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB Name --
Dedicated Type --
0.90 GHz Frequency --
1.00 GB Memory Size --
GDDR5 Memory Type --
28 nm Structure --
Q2/2012 Release date --

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 1.9 inch
2880 x 1800 @ 60 Hz (220 ppi) Resolution 396x484 (326 ppi)
16:10 Ratio --
IPS Technology LTPO-OLED
300 nits Brightness 1000 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display Yes
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display --
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

256 - 768 GB Size 32 GB
SSD Type eMMC
SATA 6 GB/s Interface
Yes Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Ion
95.00 Wh Capacity --
7.00 h Battery life 18.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 85 W Charging Magnetic Charging Cable (USB-C)

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.3
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera --
-- 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 3.0 USB --
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

18 mm Height 45 mm
359 mm Width 38 mm
247 mm Depth 11 mm
2,020 g Weight 39 g
-- Housing Material Aluminium
-- Glas Type Ion-X
-- IP Protection Class IP68 (Water resistance 50m)

Additional data

Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2022
2,199 $ Price from 429 $
Silver Colours Midnight, Starlight, Silver, (PRODUCT)RED
-- Security features --

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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