Company Primate Labs shared with the general public the results of tests on the basis of the benchmark Geekbench 2. This time, the test subjected the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro of the current model year, announced on WWDC 2012. According to test results, the updated MacBook Pro 13 "was 10-15% more productive than the MacBook Air on the basis of ULV-processor generation Ivy Bridge, which is natural. Still, reduced energy consumption and, as a result, reduced heat generation low-voltage chip being felt.
In addition, the champion surpassed the performance and its predecessor, too (who would doubt). 13-inch MacBook Pro models with Core i5 and Core i7 2012 release function on average 10% faster than a similar version in 2011. This is made possible in part by increasing the frequency of operation of processors at slightly reduced power consumption (Reduced production manufacturing process decides) and partly due to data models used in the architecture of Intel Ivy Bridge.
Let's go back to the "air". Thus, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Core i5 processor running at 10% faster than the 13-inch Air with the same filling. When using the CPU Core i7 gap increases to 15% in favor of not Air with a similar, but lower voltage stuffing. In this case, the winner would cost $ 100 cheaper, although he was very thick and very heavy.
In addition Geekbench performance allowed us to estimate the popularity of the two new notebook models, depending on their configuration. For example, 13-inch MacBook Air in the base turned out to be much more than the MacBook Pro junior versions. But when it comes to top-end configuration, the people making a choice in favor of "tolstyachka".