Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.6 (Mid 2012)
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.7 (Late 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
2,199 $ / 2,279 € Price from 1,299 $ / 1,349 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2012

Processor

Intel Core i7-3720QM Name Intel Core i5-3330S
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
2.60 (3.60) GHz Frequency 2.70 (3.20) GHz
22 nm Structure 22 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture Ivy Bridge
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2012

Memory

8 GB Memory Size 8 - 16 GB
DDR3 1600 Memory Type DDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
Dedicated Type Dedicated
0.90 GHz Frequency 0.75 GHz
1.00 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
28 nm Structure 28 nm
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2013

Graphic card 2

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name Intel HD Graphics 2500
Internal Type Internal
0.65 (1.25) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.05) GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size --
LPDDR3 Memory Type DDR3
22 nm Structure 22 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q2/2012

Screen

15.4 inch Size 21.5 inch
1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz (110 ppi) Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (103 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:9
TN Technology IPS
300 nits Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

750 - 1,000 GB Size 1,024 GB
Harddrive Type Harddrive
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB) 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader SDXC

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 802.11 a/b/g/n
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 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 --
-- DVI --
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1) DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort
1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort) Thunderbolt 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
2x USB 3.0 USB 4x USB 3.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
1x Firewire 800 Other --

Dimensions / Housing

24 mm Height 450 mm
364 mm Width 528 mm
249 mm Depth 175 mm
2,560 g Weight 5,680 g
Aluminum Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1286 Part-no A1418
MacBookPro9,1 Ident-No: iMac13,1
2556 EMC-No: 2544
-- 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.




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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