Apple MacBook Pro 15" i9 2.9 Vega 20 (2018)
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Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.9 460 (2016)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver, Space Grey Colours Silver, Space Grey
3,449 $ / 4,059 € Price from 2,999 $ / 3,439 €
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2016

Processor

Intel Core i9-8950HK Name Intel Core i7-6920HQ
Intel Manufacturer Intel
6 / 12 Cores / Threads 4 / 8
2.90 (4.80) GHz Frequency 2.90 (3.80) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Coffee Lake Architecture Skylake M
Q1/2018 Release date Q3/2015

Memory

16 - 32 GB Memory Size 16 GB
DDR4 2400 Memory Type LPDDR3 2133
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel UHD Graphics 630 Name Intel HD Graphics 530
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.15) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.05) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
-- Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2015

Graphic card 2

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 Name AMD Radeon Pro 460
Dedicated Type Dedicated
0.82 (1.28) GHz Frequency 0.85 (0.91) GHz
4.00 GB Memory Size 4.00 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2016

Screen

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

Storage

512 - 4,096 GB Size 256 - 2,048 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
83.60 Wh Capacity 76.00 Wh
10.00 h Battery life 10.00 h
USB-C @ 87 W Charging USB-C @ 87 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 5.0 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 --
-- DistplayPort --
4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
-- USB --
4x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C 4x (Thunderbolt 3)
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

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

Additional data

A1990 Part-no A1707
MacBookPro15,3 Ident-No: MacBookPro13,3
3215 EMC-No: 3072
TouchID Security features TouchID
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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