Nice performance all around, but should you upgrade? Finally in CineBench R15, we got an OpenGL score of 62.58 fps and a 600cb CPU score. These may be the latest and greatest from Apple, but are any of them worth upgrading to? That’s really going to depend on your needs, but there are only slight differences here when compared to last year’s models. For pricing and availability, check out Amazon or Apple’s Online Store.Home > Laptop Reviews > 2015 13" Retina MacBook Proġ3" MacBook Pro with Retina Display (early 2015) Editor's rating (1-5): Technically, you’re getting more for your money, but as far as performance goes there aren’t any huge gains to look forward to. What's Hot: Faster CPU and graphics than the Ultrabook competition, same lovely Retina display, excellent Force Touch trackpad. What's Not: If you want a touch screen, you won't find it in Mac land. In Chief (twitter: 2016: read and watch our review of the late 2016 13" MacBook Pro that replaces this model. The 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display is new (again). And it looks pretty much the same as when Apple released the design in 2012. Is that a bad thing? Not really since it's still one heck of an attractive and well-made unibody aluminum laptop that somehow still looks fresh. The lines are clean, there are no visible seams, and it's curvy in the right places and straight on the sides to make it look sturdy and elegant. The display bezel isn't overly large, unlike the MacBook Air, and the keyboard is as ever excellent. So if it looks the same as last year's model, what's new? It has the latest Intel Broadwell 5th generation CPUs and Intel Iris 6100 graphics for a speed boost. The mini DisplayPorts can drive a 4K monitor at 60Hz rather than the old model's 30Hz. However, the improvements in other areas, such as battery life and graphics performance, may make this a compelling upgrade for users with a first-generation Retina MacBook Pro.SSD storage speed has doubled and there's the new Force Touch trackpad. Much like the MacBook Air update earlier this year, the MacBook Pro update provides only a modest improvement in processor performance. Running at a lower "base" frequency helps save power. The processors are capable of "boosting" to much higher frequencies when needed. These frequencies are somewhat misleading, as they're the "base" frequencies. What's interesting about these gains is that they come from processors with lower frequencies (e.g., 2.6GHz vs 2.8GHz for the high-end models). Both are 2% to 4% faster than the previous generation. The same gains aren't present in the mid- and low-end models, though. There are some significant performance gains for the high-end model as it's 10% faster than the previous generation. Here are the results for the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro. Users with applications that only use one core won't notice much difference between the Air and the Pro. What is surprising is that the high-end Pro is only 5% faster than the high-end Air in single-core performance (the difference increases to 13% in multi-core performance). This isn't surprising given that the design focus of the new processors was power consumption, not performance. ![]() There are only minor performance gains (2% to 4%) between the new generation and the previous generation. I've also included results for the 13-inch MacBook Air, as people often have trouble deciding between the 13-inch Pro and the 13-inch Air. Here are the results for the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. It's a free download and only takes a couple of minutes to run. If you're curious how your Mac or PC compares, you can download Geekbench 3 to find out. Higher Geekbench scores are better, with double the score indicating double the performance. If you're not familiar with Geekbench 3, it is a cross-platform processor and memory benchmark. I've collected Geekbench 3 results for all of the Retina MacBook Pros and charted the results below. I wanted to take a closer look and see how much faster the new Retina MacBook Pros are compared to the previous Retina MacBook Pros. Geekbench 3 results for the new Retina MacBook Pros are now available on the Geekbench Browser and on the Mac Benchmark Chart.
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