CINEBENCH R20 CPU

you should see a noticeable graphics performance improvement.

PERFORMANCE

We recently posted our Geekbench 5 results ( go.macworld.com/g5rs) and found a 24 percent increase in single-core performance over the previous $1,799 2.4GHZ quad-core Core i5 Macbook Pro and the $1,299 1.4GHZ quad-core Core i5 model. In multi-core testing, the boost was 14 percent. The new Macbook Pro’s results in the Metal graphics test were the most impressive, with a 30 percent increase by the Iris Plus over the Iris Plus Graphics 645, and more than double the performance of the Intel UHD 630, which can be found in Apple’s 16-inch Macbook Pro. Check out our article to get more details on those results ( go. macworld.com/mrdt).

We ran a few other benchmarks to gauge the new laptop’s performance. In this section of testing, we looked at the new $1,799 Macbook Pro and the most affordable 13-inch Macbook Pro priced at $1,299 with a 1.4GHZ quad-core eighthgeneration Core i5. In addition to two more Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports, the extra $500 you’d spend gets you an up-to-date processor, more and faster RAM, double the SSD storage, and more robust graphics. That should add up to better performance. We wanted a sense of how much more performance you can get.

The Cinebench R20 benchmark is a CPU multi-thread benchmark that is more intensive than Geekbench 5’s Multi-core CPU test. The 2.0GHZ quad-core Core i5 is a bit over 16 percent faster than the 1.4GHZ quad-core Core i5. Cinebench is a