Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.6 Retina (Mid 2012)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.7 (Early 2011)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
2,799 $ / 2,899 € Price from 1,499 $ / 1,449 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2011

Processor

Intel Core i7-3720QM Name Intel Core i7-2620M
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
2.60 (3.60) GHz Frequency 2.70 (3.40) GHz
22 nm Structure 32 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture Sandy Bridge H
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2011

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 4 - 8 GB
DDR3L 1600 Memory Type DDR3 1333
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB Name Intel HD Graphics 3000
Dedicated Type Internal
0.90 GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.30) GHz
1.00 GB Memory Size 0.40 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type DDR3
28 nm Structure 32 nm
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2011

Graphic card 2

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

Screen

15.4 inch Size 13.3 inch
2880 x 1800 @ 60 Hz (220 ppi) Resolution 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz (114 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology TN
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
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

512 - 768 GB Size 500 GB
SSD Type Harddrive
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB)
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
95.00 Wh Capacity 63.50 Wh
7.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 85 W Charging MagSafe @ 60 W

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1
-- 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 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort) Thunderbolt 1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
2x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 2.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other 1x Firewire 800

Dimensions / Housing

18 mm Height 24 mm
359 mm Width 325 mm
247 mm Depth 227 mm
2,020 g Weight 2,040 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1398 Part-no A1278
MacBookPro10,1 Ident-No: MacBookPro8,1
2512 EMC-No: 2419
-- 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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