4:11), but performed measurably better on CineBench R15 (311 vs. 2:32, respectively), and Photoshop CS6 test (4:17 vs. “The new MacBook Pro was only a few seconds behind last year’s model on the Handbrake test (2:38 vs. In other benchmarks and real-world tests, although graphics performance is noticeably better, the overall performance is slightly lower in PCMag’s results than what Geekbench showed: Other Application Tests & Real-Scenario ResultsĪlthough Geekbench is a good test for overall performance, there are other benchmark and application tests that can help you make a decision to see a holistic and more complete picture of Apple’s efforts with the graphics upgrade and SSD performance improvement for the “Early 2015” and “Mid-2014” models. For multicore tasks, however, that’s about 45% slower.

MacBook Pro Core i7 2.2, 15-inch model which has four processor cores (this is an entry-level Mid-2014 generation) in single core tasks.

You see, the MacBook Pro Core i5 2.9 13-inch model has two processor cores (this is a standard high-end Early 2015 13-inch model).

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