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New MacBook Pro Benchmarks Show Massive Improvement

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PrimateLabs has compiled GeekBench results for the new Sandy Bridge MacBook Pros released just yesterday, and the results are impressive. The results show GeekBench results ranging from 5900 to 10164 across all models. What makes this particularly impressive is that the new low-end 13" MacBook Pro (2.3GHz Dual i5) scores around last year's top-end 15"/17" MacBook Pro (2.8GHz Dual i7).

Browsing through the complete list of benchmarks shows the new MacBook Pros in context with the other Macs. The top-of-the-line MacBook Pro now outrank many of last year's desktop machines including the Mac Pro and iMac.
The performance of the new MacBook Pros is amazing. The slowest MacBook Pro performs on par with the fastest previous-generation MacBook Pro, and the fastest MacBook Pro is 80% faster than the fastest previous-generation MacBook Pro.

In fact, if you look at our Mac Benchmark charts, you'll see that the fastest MacBook Pro is faster than a lot of Mac Pros (including the current generation of Mac Pros). The new MacBook Pros truly are portable workstations.
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As always, benchmarks are an artificial gauge of performance, but can be useful in head to head comparisons.

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The new quad MBPs also come with Snappier Safari v2.0.

*ducks*

Seriously, the quads trump all rumours of 2nd hdd, mini boot SSD for me. I'll be getting one next week.
 
Wow

Wow, massive achievement. Although I find it confusing that the new dual Core i5 2.3ghz mbp 13 outranks the old 2.7ghz dual core i7 MBP 17. Is that just from Sandy Bridge?? Or am I missing something?

Anyone got benchmarks on the AMD Radeon HD 6750M or the 6490M? Or know of any notebooks with them yet?
 
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That is a massive jump in one generation.

Drop an aftermarket SSD or two + a boat load of RAM and you've got quite the machine. Esp now we have high speed external options too!
 
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Safari must feel snappier!
 
That's a huge improvement!!! The 13" is now a powerhouse! Really really wanna see gaming benchmarks soon. I think this is the best laptop upgrade they have had. (along with the updated Airs last year)
 
so far 475 Negatives in the "Apple Launches MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt, Quad Core CPUs, AMD GPUs" thread

what about now? we all have that processing power that very few expected...
 
SilianRail said:
How useful are these benchmarks then? The CPU hasn't been the bottleneck in computers for years.
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They are as useful as any benchmarks are as long as you know what you are measuring.

arn
 
AAPLaday said:
That's a huge improvement!!! The 13" is now a powerhouse! Really really wanna see gaming benchmarks soon. I think this is the best laptop upgrade they have had. (along with the updated Airs last year)
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The 13" is using the IGP so gaming performance is going to be subpar.
 
SilianRail said:
Does that mean the integrated graphics on the 13" aren't so bad afterall?
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These Benchmarks seem to be CPU focused, although performance appears to rely on more than just the CPU - I noted that the 15 2.3ghz Quad i7 score is noticeably lower than the 17 inch MBP with identical CPU (as far as I know), so there's some small differences there.

That said, don't get too pessimistic about the Intel IGP in the MBP 13. As far as I can tell it should perform on par with last generations nVidia 9400m (although don't quote me on this). If graphics are important to you, then yeah, the high end 15 inch is really the only option (with the 6570).
What I'm trying to say is, overall performance of the new 13 inch MBP is greatly improved compared to the old 13 inch MBP, so people really can't complain too much.
 
I was torn between MBA and MBP13 this morning when I learned the disappointing specs especially the lack of SSD and better graphic card. I was about to buy a MBA 13inch, then I thought oh well I might as well upgrade the MBP13 to a SSD and would get something close to what I need without a killer graphic card. It turned out, as it seems, it's not a bad idea at all! I think I will be happy w/ this MBP13 w/ 128GB SSD. :)
 
verissimos said:
so far 475 Negatives in the "Apple Launches MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt, Quad Core CPUs, AMD GPUs" thread

what about now? we all have that processing power that very few expected...
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Problem is, extra processing power is not what most people need anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, or voting negative, it's just that there is more on the wish list these days.

For example, if the 13" had the MBA's screen and discrete graphics I'd be A LOT more interested.
 
Can anybody please explain to me why the 17" benchmarks better than the 15" when they are the exact same chipset, cpu & RAM configuration?
 
Well, processor wise this has been a massive upgrade, no doubt. The moaning mostly comes from the gpu on the 13", and the resolution on the 13" with no upgrade possibility.

And once you take the gpu into the equation, that Mac Pros will again be faster.
 
wow the 13' high end model got an insane speed bump. Same for the base model. Now only the gpu was a little bit better everyone would be happy.
 
Ordered my BTO MBP 13" 2.7 with 8GB and 750Gb.

That should keep me going for a while. Have had my MB black for over 3 years and it still performs very well with some extra RAM (4) and bigger harddisk.(500) Now selling it to family member who is going to be very happy with his new toy.

Would have liked a smaller form factor, but can't have it all, can ya?

Should arrive between march 4th-8th
 
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