Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.5 (Mid 2015)
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Apple MacBook Pro 16" M1 Max 32-GPU (2021)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver, Space Grey
2,099 $ Price from 3,499 $
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2021

Processor

Intel Core i7-4870HQ Name Apple M1 Max
Intel Manufacturer Apple
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 10 / 10
2.50 (3.70) GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
22 nm Structure 5 nm
Haswell Architecture M1 (8x Firestorm / 2x Icestorm)
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2021

Memory

16 GB Memory Size 16 - 64 GB
DDR3L 1600 Memory Type LPDDR5 6400
-- Memory Bandwith 409.6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 Name Apple M1 Max - 32 GPU Cores
Internal Type Internal
0.20 (1.20) GHz Frequency 1.30 GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 32.00 GB
DDR3L Memory Type LPDDR5
22 nm Structure 5 nm
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2021

Screen

15.4 inch Size 16.2 inch
2880 x 1800 @ 60 Hz (220 ppi) Resolution 3456 x 2234 @ 120 Hz (254 ppi)
16:10 Ratio ~ 16:10
IPS Technology IPS
300 nits Brightness 1000 nits
No HDR support Yes
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 6016 x 3384 @ 60 Hz
3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz 2. external display 6016 x 3384 @ 60 Hz

Storage

256 - 1,024 GB Size 1,024 - 8,192 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
99.50 Wh Capacity 100.00 Wh
9.00 h Battery life 21.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 85 W Charging MagSafe 3 @ 140 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ax (WLAN 6)
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 2.1 MP, 1080p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

1x HDMI 1.4 HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
-- DVI --
2x Mini DisplayPort DistplayPort --
2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2) Thunderbolt 3x USB-C (Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort, USB 4.0)
2x USB 3.0 USB --
-- USB-C 3x (Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4.0)
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

18 mm Height 17 mm
359 mm Width 356 mm
247 mm Depth 248 mm
2,040 g Weight 2,200 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2021
2,099 $ Price from 3,499 $
Silver Colours Silver, Space Grey
-- Security features TouchID

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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