Unusually fast Geekbench? / Iris Pro

[paddylaz]

Hi guys,

I picked up my new 15" MacBook Pro (no touchbar, 2015-style) today. My 2013 model sadly died on me.

I THOUGHT that I was obviously making a little bit of a downgrade in terms of GPU because I'm going from a Geforce GT650m down to this Iris Pro.

I just ran the Open CL test on Geekbench and I got a score of 27,000. Multiple repeats keep giving me around this figure. This is an order of magnitude higher than the 13,000 or so I think I got with my 650m discrete gpu in my last MacBook.

Obviously I'm not complaining......but am I missing something here?? Why the jump?? I was under the impression my Iris Pro is the 5200 variant.....have they changed it up...or am I being stupid and missing something obvious?

Thanks!

 

[RoboWarriorSr]

Intel GPUs do surprisingly well in computations. The review by Anandtech backs your scores. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6993/intel-iris-pro-5200-graphics-review-core-i74950hq-tested/17

After all 650 is a gaming GPU while Intel is pushing for a all-purpose one, more so for office work applications than gaming.

 

[paddylaz]

Intel GPUs do surprisingly well in computations. The review by Anandtech backs your scores. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6993/intel-iris-pro-5200-graphics-review-core-i74950hq-tested/17

After all 650 is a gaming GPU while Intel is pushing for a all-purpose one, more so for office work applications than gaming.

Ah fair enough! Looks like I got a bit too excited there for a second