The benchmark results show that the Quad-core Intel Core i7 6820HQ 2.9GHz mean-machine is yet again beaten by the 2015 model. The line-up doesn’t change much from single-core to multi-core, with the exception that the 13-inch model drops out of the list. Even activating all available processor cores during the benchmarking tests didn’t do Apple’s new flagship model any favours. If you came here looking for some high-performance multi-core drama, you’ve come to the wrong place. I’m afraid you will be disappointed again. After-all, macOS is sold as a highly-optimised operating system designed to squeeze every last drop of power out of your machine for the perfect computing experience. Since Apple’s hardware is so tightly integrated with the software I tried to force the argument that the high-end MacBook would perform better when all four processor cores were in use. The HQ in the processor’s model name tells us that this processor is built with high-performance graphics and features 4 cores (quad core). This particular model features the maxed out 16GB of memory and a high-speed m2 SSD hard-drive as well as the 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 4980HQ processing chip. The single core results have the 15-inch retina MacBook Pro 2015 leading the way with just under 4300 Geekbench points. A significant majority of these videos show the 2015 model outpacing the newer TouchBar model unveiled a month ago. The most popular comparison seems to be a MacBook Pro 2015 i7 with 16GB of memory vs a MacBook Pro 2016 i7 with 16GB of memory. YouTubers have also been posting videos running demanding tasks on machines side-by-side. ![]() ![]() But, these are early results which may not accurately reflect the performance of Apple’s new line-up. ![]() It seems as though the MacBook Pro Late 2016 is slower than the older generations. For everything else, there's the Intel Core i9-13980HX and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX.Early benchmark scores for the new 2016 MacBook are beginning to surface online. That said, the M2 Pro and M2 Max should offer enough processing power to chew through most video-related workloads. With no M2 Ultra coming anytime soon, the M2 Max will be the best Apple SoC on the market, at least until the 3 nm M3 and its derivatives are out and about. One can attribute the M2 Pro's stellar performance increase in part to Apple's chip designing prowess and the improved TSMC N5P node it is manufactured on. Even the better-specced M1 Max (1,780/12,656) falls flat against the M2 Pro, although an apples-to-apples comparison between the two would be unfair given the latter features two extra E cores.Furthermore, Geekbench is a CPU-intensive test and the M1 Max will almost certainly flex its muscles in a more GPU-bound scenario. ![]() That represents a 10% increase over the last-gen M1 Pro (1,769/12,499) in single-core performance and a 20% increment in multi-core. The Apple M2 Pro scores 1,952 and 15,013 points in the Geekbench single and multi-core tests, respectively. It has shown up on the benchmarking platform (via MacRumors) alongside a Mac Mini. Nonetheless, the M2 Pro is shaping up to be quite the powerhouse, as confirmed by a recent Geekbench listing. Usually, Apple reveals its hardware with much fanfare and one can't help but wonder why this launch was so low-key. Apple's decision to silently launch its new M2 Pro and M2 Max SoCs come off as a tad puzzling.
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