The previous high-end was 2 percent faster in our 6GB file compression test. Highlights include a 19 percent higher MathematicaMark 9 score, and 9 percent edges in Photoshop Creative Cloud and Cinebench R15 OpenGL tests. In those tests, the new high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro was faster in 8 of our 12 tests and tied in 3 of the tests. Macworld Lab is close to finishing up our new Speedmark 9 overall system performance benchmark, but for now, we’re running a dozen application tests to compare performance between Macs. Image: Michael Homnick SDXC slot, HDMI port, and USB 3. The new low- and high-end MacBook Pros were 34 and 41 percent faster, respectively, in our 6GB folder copy test than the high-end Early 2013 MacBook Pro and its 512GB SATA-connected flash storage.

With the new MacBook Pro, Apple brings the PCIe-connected flash storage the company introduced with the mid-2013 MacBook Air. The discrete graphics in the high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro posted frame rates as much as twice that of the new low-end’s Iris Pro. In our tests, the Iris Pro graphics in the $1999 MacBook Pro were 33 percent faster than the Iris graphics in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, the new integrated graphics still have a ways to go before they can match the performance of discrete graphics. The $2599 model has two graphic cards, the aforementioned integrated Iris Pro as well as Nvidia GeForce GT 750m discrete graphics with 2GB of dedicated video memory.Īs our tests of the 13-inch MacBook Pro show, the Iris graphics are considerably faster than the Intel Integrated Graphics 4000 used in the Ivy Bridge MacBook Pros. It relies solely on Intel’s Iris Pro (equipped with Crystalwell) integrated graphics. In a first for Apple, the $1999 15-inch MacBook Pro has no discrete graphics. Image: Michael Homnick While the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro models have gotten thinner and lighter, the 15-inch models remain the same size and weight. Honest Review of the 2017 MacBook Pro 13' W/O TouchBar I decided to write this review as I quite often see people debating between the 12' MacBook or the 13' entry-level MacBook Pro - Despite this however, most video and online reviews focus on the version with the TouchBar, as this is the hot new feature.

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