Apple MacBook Pro 17" i7 2.3 (Early 2011)
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Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.6 (Mid 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
2,749 $ / 2,749 € Price from 2,199 $ / 2,279 €
Q1/2011 Release date Q2/2012

Processor

Intel Core i7-2820QM Name Intel Core i7-3720QM
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 4 / 8
2.30 (3.40) GHz Frequency 2.60 (3.60) GHz
32 nm Structure 22 nm
Sandy Bridge Architecture Ivy Bridge H
Q1/2011 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

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

Graphic card

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - 1 GB Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB
Dedicated Type Dedicated
0.60 GHz Frequency 0.90 GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 1.00 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
40 nm Structure 28 nm
Q2/2011 Release date Q2/2012

Graphic card 2

Intel HD Graphics 3000 Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Internal Type Internal
0.65 (1.30) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.25) GHz
0.40 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
DDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
32 nm Structure 22 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

17.0 inch Size 15.4 inch
1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz (133 ppi) Resolution 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz (110 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
TN Technology TN
-- Max. Brightness 300 nits
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

500 - 750 GB Size 750 - 1,000 GB
Harddrive Type Harddrive
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB) 2. drive Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB)
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
95.00 Wh Capacity 77.50 Wh
7.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
MagSafe @ 85 W Charging MagSafe @ 85 W

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 2.1 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 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort) Thunderbolt 1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
3x USB 2.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
1x Firewire 800 Other 1x Firewire 800

Dimensions / Housing

25 mm Height 24 mm
393 mm Width 364 mm
267 mm Depth 249 mm
2,990 g Weight 2,560 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1297 Part-no A1286
MacBookPro8,3 Ident-No: MacBookPro9,1
2352 EMC-No: 2556
-- 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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