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When I was setting up the development environment. Setting up included installing programs using the package manager home brew.

I didn't notice a difference in wait time (this is subjective) from my ivy bridge rMBP.

You might notice it if your not using a rMBP or using the previous 13 inch one.

Oh I'll be coming from a 2010 MBP with a 330M; it will be a bit of an upgrade :p
 
Disk Test using Black Magic Disk Test

(2.3 Haswell) 721.5 MB/s Write and 730.7 MB/s Read

compared to

(2.3 Ivy Bridge) 402.6 MB/s Write 445.7 Read


Benchmark wise it a nice boost, my day to day I probably won't notice it.

Yours might be different.
 

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Disk Test using Black Magic Disk Test

(2.3 Haswell) 721.5 MB/s Write and 730.7 MB/s Read

compared to

(2.3 Ivy Bridge) 402.6 MB/s Write 445.7 Read


Benchmark wise it a nice boost, my day to day I probably won't notice it.

Yours might be different.

That seems like a pretty big difference…
 
Gonna run Heaven and Valley Benchmarks for the GPU

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It is but whether you notice it or not depends on what your doing. If your importing/exporting tons of files you will notice it.

For me I am not doing that so I won't notice it as much. The current SSD makes normal task fast but making them faster, I won't notice it.


That seems like a pretty big difference…
 
Thank you for the benchmarks I was most interested in the Disk Benchmark :)
 
So Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 which test OpenGL rendering.

2.3 Haswell => 306
2.3 Ivy Bridge => 287

So the 750m has a 6.2% performance advantage over the 650m. Not much!


I will do the other benchmark form Unigine as well and then do the cinemark.
 

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So Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 which test OpenGL rendering.

2.3 Haswell => 306
2.3 Ivy Bridge => 287

So the 750m has a 6.2% performance advantage over the 650m. Not much!


I will do the other benchmark form Unigine as well and then do the cinemark.

What about the Iris Pro?
 
ppone thanks for doing these tests!

how do the temps look during these benches, and any battery life differences? also im assuming that both laptops are on mavericks?
 
Keep them coming. Your before and after matches my before and considered after exactly so I'm interested in seeing real owner opinions.
 
Iris Pro vs 650M is probably the big comparison to take note of. Especially with the configurations Apple have released.
 
Using the same Heaven Benchmark and gfxCard to make sure only Iris Pro is used.

We get a pretty decent benchmark.

Haswell (Irs Pro only) = 268

so Iris Pro is only about 6% slower than 650M and 12% slower than 750M for this benchmark.

I can see why Apple made the low end without a discrete GPU.

Cinebench and other OpenCL benchmarks should shed some more light.

Just Iris Pro seems ok for gaming. It won't beat 650m in terms of gaming but it close to it.
 

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Cinebench Results

2.3 Haswell (750m) =>
OpenGL 52.82 fps
CPU 599 cb


2.3 Ivy Bridge (650 m)
OpenGL 45.47 fps
CPU 537 cb

Roughly 14% advantage in OpenGL and 10% in CPU.

However the 2.6 Ghz Ivy Bridge is on par with with the 2.3 Haswell (750m), according to cinebench, in terms of CPU and OpenGL
 

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Cinebench Results

2.3 Haswell (750m) =>
OpenGL 52.82 fps
CPU 599 cb


2.3 Ivy Bridge (650 m)
OpenGL 45.47 fps
CPU 537 cb

Roughly 14% advantage in OpenGL and 10% in CPU.

However the 2.6 Ghz Ivy Bridge is on par with with the 2.3 Haswell (750m), according to cinebench, in terms of CPU and OpenGL


thank you very much.

1) But is cinebench CPU only or is it GPU only?

2) do i understand correctly that OpenGL is based on GPU?

3) are the test result for rendering or are they for modelling/screen refresh?
 
Cinebench Results

2.3 Haswell (750m) =>
OpenGL 52.82 fps
CPU 599 cb


2.3 Ivy Bridge (650 m)
OpenGL 45.47 fps
CPU 537 cb

Roughly 14% advantage in OpenGL and 10% in CPU.

However the 2.6 Ghz Ivy Bridge is on par with with the 2.3 Haswell (750m), according to cinebench, in terms of CPU and OpenGL

Can you run this cinebench open GL test with iris pro???
This test will be my deciding factor!
 
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