Mid-2014 MBP 15" VS 2019 MBP 13"

[Peet_B]

I've been wondering, since my Mid-2014 15-inch MBP is getting a little old now, if it's worth upgrading some things to make it future proof?

When I compare the 2 on Geekbench, I'm quite surprised to see the 2014 15" getting "crunched" by the base-model 13" from 2019, a CPU score of 3180 for the 2014 and a score of 3871 for the 2019, that makes sense because 5-6 years of developments can do that. The thing I don't understand is the compute scores. 2109 for the 2014 with Nvidia GT750M, and 3111 for the base model 13"... Is that comparison fair? since the 2014 has a separate GPU and CPU, where the 2019 had integrated graphics. Is it so that when you are doing CPU&GPU intensive work, that the CPU splits performance between the integrated graphics and CPU?

To me it doesn't make sense that the cheapest bare-bone 13" beats an (almost) fully-specced 2014 15" from 5 years ago.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

I think the only thing you can upgrade on the 2014 is the storage - RAM, CPU, GPU, etc., are soldered. It does make sense that a 13" today is somewhat faster, on benchmarks at least, than a 5 year old model. Do you feel like your 15" is slowing down your work? If not, use it until you do feel that way.

Otherwise:

I would wait until the newer 13" models are introduced. Available rumors seem to point to them being introduced in March, and it seems likely they will replace the butterfly keyboard with a scissor mechanism along the lines of the newly introduced 16".

 

[robvas]

With the 13" having a quad-core now, it's right there with the older 15" and surpasses it in most cases.

 

[Peet_B]

I do the most of my intensive work on my 12-core MacPro, and the only reason I still have the MacBook is the portability because I take it with me to school every day. When comparing it to the base model 13” my girlfriend has, my 2014 seems much better at tasks like FCPX and AfterEffects etc. Although in other usage the 13” is snappier. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages sadly... I’ve ordered a new NVMe SSD for some extra read-write performance, and a new battery so it at least lasts me a few more years