2.2Ghz vs 2.5Ghz 2015 Macbook Pro 15" Base Model

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2.2Ghz vs 2.5Ghz 2015 Macbook Pro 15" Base Model

I'm planing to buy a Base model 15" Macbook Pro 2015. I just want to ask is the upgrade to 2.5Ghz from the base model worth it?

I'm a hobbyist photographer. Will be using it mostly for 80% Lightroom and 20% Photoshop. Will probably do some video editing here and there but just to post on social media, nothing professional.

Will I notice a big difference in speed? Like booting up, installing stuff but specifically in the Develop Module of lightroom when moving the sliders to adjust colors etc?

Posted on Mar 11, 2017 6:28 PM

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tjk

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Mar 11, 2017 7:01 PM in response to Omersang

Hi,

Here are the speed differences so you can see for yourself. The 2.5GHz is obviously faster, but I'm sure you wouldn't notice the difference between the two unless you had them side by side performing the exact same tasks, and then it's likely not more than a second or two on booting, etc.

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tjk

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Mar 11, 2017 9:06 PM in response to Omersang

Sorry, I don't use it so I can't give you specifics, however, if you look at the percentage difference on the multi-core performance, that will give you some idea. The longer and heavier the CPU usage is, the more the difference would be noticed. On a short thing like booting, or installing apps, things like that, the difference will be very minor; if something were to take like 100 minutes long, and the percentage difference between the two CPUs was about 8%, then the difference would be something like eight minutes, so it would be a more significant difference for very long tasks. So I would consider how many very long tasks I was going to do, and decide if the time difference was worth the extra cost.

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