Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.7 (Mid 2012)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.5 (2017)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver, Space Grey
2,449 $ / 2,549 € Price from 1,599 $ / 1,859 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q2/2017

Processor

Intel Core i7-3820QM Name Intel Core i7-7660U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
2.70 (3.70) GHz Frequency 2.50 (4.00) GHz
22 nm Structure 14 nm
Ivy Bridge Architecture Kaby Lake U
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2016

Memory

8 GB Memory Size 8 - 16 GB
DDR3 1600 Memory Type LPDDR3 2133
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Dedicated Type Internal
0.90 GHz Frequency 0.30 (1.05) GHz
1.00 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type LPDDR3
28 nm Structure 14 nm
Q2/2012 Release date Q2/2016

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
1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz (110 ppi) Resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz (227 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
TN 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
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

750 - 1,000 GB Size 128 - 1,024 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB) 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
77.50 Wh Capacity 54.50 Wh
7.00 h Battery life 10.00 h
MagSafe @ 85 W Charging USB-C @ 61 W

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11ac
1 Gbit LAN --
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

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1) DistplayPort --
1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort) Thunderbolt 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
2x USB 3.0 USB --
-- USB-C 2x (Thunderbolt 3)
-- Lightning --
1x Firewire 800 Other --

Dimensions / Housing

24 mm Height 15 mm
364 mm Width 304 mm
249 mm Depth 212 mm
2,560 g Weight 1,370 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1286 Part-no A1708
MacBookPro9,1 Ident-No: MacBookPro14,1
2556 EMC-No: 3164
-- 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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