Want to know how the new 13-inch MacBook Pro stacks up against its predecessor or other MacBooks on the market? A new report by Japanese language Apple blog Macotakara compares the Geekbench CPU scores for various MacBooks.
The new 13-inch MacBook Pro, announced earlier this week, has a Geekbench score of 4565 and 1093 for multi and single core scores for its Intel Core i7 variant. Meanwhile, the lower spec Intel Core i5-sporting MacBook Pro model scores 4489 and 1066. That’s only marginally better than 2019 13-inch models.
Although, if pure processing power is what you’re after, you’re better off opting for the 16-inch MacBook Pro Apple debuted last year!
Photo: Macotokara
Apple’s larger MacBook Pro comes out better because they have faster processors and GPUs. Bigger machines allow for bigger batteries and better cooling, which, in turn, allows for faster chips.
The new MacBook Pro which debuted this week is equipped with 10th-gen Intel processors. You can find out more about the new laptops here. The big take-home from this Geekbench score, however, is that if you upgraded last year to a 13-inch MacBook Pro, there’s probably not a compelling reason to upgrade again this year.
Unless you just really, really hate Apple’s (now abandoned) butterfly keyboard.
