Apple MacBook Pro 15" i9 2.9 Vega 20 (2018)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.9 Retina (Late 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver, Space Grey Colours Silver
3,449 $ / 4,059 € Price from 1,899 $ / 1,949 €
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2012

Processor

Intel Core i9-8950HK Name Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel Manufacturer Intel
6 / 12 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
2.90 (4.80) GHz Frequency 2.90 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Coffee Lake Architecture Ivy Bridge
Q1/2018 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

16 - 32 GB Memory Size 8 GB
DDR4 2400 Memory Type DDR3L 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

Intel UHD Graphics 630 Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.15) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.25) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
-- Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2011

Graphic card 2

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 Name --
Dedicated Type --
0.82 (1.28) GHz Frequency --
4.00 GB Memory Size --
HBM2 Memory Type --
14 nm Structure --
Q4/2018 Release date --

Screen

15.4 inch Size 13.3 inch
2880 x 1800 @ 60 Hz (220 ppi) Resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz (227 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology IPS
500 nits Max. Brightness 300 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 2. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

512 - 4,096 GB Size 128 - 768 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface SATA 6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
83.60 Wh Capacity 74.00 Wh
10.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
USB-C @ 87 W Charging MagSafe 2 @ 60 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 5.0 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 1x HDMI 1.4
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
-- USB 2x USB 3.0
4x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

16 mm Height 19 mm
349 mm Width 314 mm
241 mm Depth 219 mm
1,830 g Weight 1,620 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1990 Part-no A1425
MacBookPro15,3 Ident-No: MacBookPro10,2
3215 EMC-No: 2557
TouchID 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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