MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Early 2015) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

Geekbench Scores

MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Early 2015) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Single-Core Score 108 3572
Multi-Core Score 794 7204
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System Information

MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Early 2015) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Operating System macOS 10.14.2 (Build 18C54) macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2026)
Model MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Early 2015) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Processor Intel Core i5-5257U @ 2.70 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads 		Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 61 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
L1 Instruction Cache 32 KB x 2 32 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32 KB x 2 32 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 3072 KB 4096 KB
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 MacBookPro12,1 Apple Inc. Mac-6F01561E16C75D06 MacBookPro9,2
BIOS Apple Inc. 180.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 429.0.0.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 16.00 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Early 2015) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Single-Core Score 108 3572
AES 131
101.1 MB/sec 		3025
2.28 GB/sec
LZMA 96
153.9 KB/sec 		3167
4.95 MB/sec
JPEG 148
1.19 Mpixels/sec 		3751
30.2 Mpixels/sec
Canny 126
1.75 Mpixels/sec 		3410
47.3 Mpixels/sec
Lua 100
105.4 KB/sec 		2303
2.37 MB/sec
Dijkstra 156
105.9 KTE/sec 		3589
2.43 MTE/sec
SQLite 69
1.93 Krows/sec 		2503
69.4 Krows/sec
HTML5 Parse 56
264.7 KB/sec 		2857
13.0 MB/sec
HTML5 DOM 72
65.5 KElements/sec 		4406
3.99 MElements/sec
Histogram Equalization 98
3.07 Mpixels/sec 		3355
104.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering 99
2.66 Mpixels/sec 		4333
115.1 Mpixels/sec
LLVM 108
7.48 functions/sec 		5932
407.9 functions/sec
Camera 107
0.30 images/sec 		4087
11.3 images/sec
SGEMM 90
1.91 Gflops 		2101
44.4 Gflops
SFFT 74
185.7 Mflops 		4041
10.1 Gflops
N-Body Physics 70
52.3 Kpairs/sec 		3192
2.38 Mpairs/sec
Ray Tracing 74
10.9 Kpixels/sec 		3132
457.4 Kpixels/sec
Rigid Body Physics 99
290.0 FPS 		4513
13211.6 FPS
HDR 104
378.9 Kpixels/sec 		3748
13.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 85
1.49 Mpixels/sec 		3813
66.8 Mpixels/sec
Speech Recognition 73
0.63 Words/sec 		3831
32.8 Words/sec
Face Detection 79
23.1 Ksubwindows/sec 		3618
1.06 Msubwindows/sec
Memory Copy 149
423.4 MB/sec 		3691
10.2 GB/sec
Memory Latency 318
1358.8 ns 		5190
83.4 ns
Memory Bandwidth 95
521.2 MB/sec 		3190
17.0 GB/sec

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Early 2015) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Multi-Core Score 794 7204
AES 240
185.6 MB/sec 		6123
4.61 GB/sec
LZMA 200
320.6 KB/sec 		8483
13.3 MB/sec
JPEG 248
2.00 Mpixels/sec 		9802
78.9 Mpixels/sec
Canny 235
3.27 Mpixels/sec 		8337
115.6 Mpixels/sec
Lua 189
199.4 KB/sec 		6289
6.46 MB/sec
Dijkstra 278
188.1 KTE/sec 		9936
6.72 MTE/sec
SQLite 589
16.3 Krows/sec 		6357
176.2 Krows/sec
HTML5 Parse 850
3.86 MB/sec 		6803
30.9 MB/sec
HTML5 DOM 912
827.2 KElements/sec 		9051
8.20 MElements/sec
Histogram Equalization 1014
31.7 Mpixels/sec 		7240
226.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering 1198
31.8 Mpixels/sec 		8826
234.5 Mpixels/sec
LLVM 1848
127.1 functions/sec 		13280
913.1 functions/sec
Camera 1264
3.51 images/sec 		9502
26.3 images/sec
SGEMM 733
15.5 Gflops 		3825
80.9 Gflops
SFFT 1239
3.09 Gflops 		7856
19.6 Gflops
N-Body Physics 1047
782.5 Kpairs/sec 		7321
5.47 Mpairs/sec
Ray Tracing 1011
147.8 Kpixels/sec 		7179
1.05 Mpixels/sec
Rigid Body Physics 1393
4080.1 FPS 		10886
31869.9 FPS
HDR 1308
4.74 Mpixels/sec 		8713
31.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1045
18.3 Mpixels/sec 		7541
132.1 Mpixels/sec
Speech Recognition 972
8.32 Words/sec 		7052
60.3 Words/sec
Face Detection 1324
386.9 Ksubwindows/sec 		8012
2.34 Msubwindows/sec
Memory Copy 687
1.90 GB/sec 		4532
12.6 GB/sec
Memory Latency 2104
205.7 ns 		5352
80.9 ns
Memory Bandwidth 738
3.94 GB/sec 		3466
18.5 GB/sec

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