While testing 4 runs back-to-back, the lowest score we saw was actually 979 due to throttling, with an average score of 1017. Starting with Cinebench R15's CPU test, the MacBook Pro outperforms the iMac, but that was a pretty quick test that doesn't consider thermal throttling. We bought the 8GB of RAM model and added 32GB of third-party RAM, bringing the total price of our iMac 5K to $3000, $500 less than the MacBook Pro with i9 processor.
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The iMac 5K is the only new Mac that allows you to access and upgrade the RAM.
The laptop's performance is constrained a bit by thermals, and of course the display is much smaller than the high-resolution 27-inch screens that come with an iMac. Can they also stand in for Apple's top-of-the-line iMac or iMac Pro? Find out in our head-to-head comparison.īased on Geekbench 4 scores, the new high-end MacBook Pro tops last year's top 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display, and comes within spitting distance of the base level iMac Pro.Īt $3500, the MacBook Pro seems like a great alternative to Apple's desktop line, but the numbers don't tell the whole story. Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 08:53 am PT (11:53 am ET) Apple's latest 15-inch MacBook Pro models with Intel Core i9 processors pack some serious power, more than enough to serve as a consumer desktop replacement.
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