What can I expect in performance improvement going from a 2012 MacBook Pro with a 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 processor / 8 Gb RAM to a 2017 MacBook Pro with 3.3 GHz dual-core Intel i5 w/ Turbo Boost /16 Gb RAM? It's hard to understand based on the information I am reading on line.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Hi,
I haven't seen compiled results for the 2017s yet, but here's a comparison between the 2012 dual core 2.9GHz and several 2016 MBPs with different dual core CPUs. Note that the 2017 model should be a bit faster yet, but I was surprised there wasn't a bigger difference between the 2012 and 2016 models. To get current individual scores on 2017 MBPs, check out Geekbench scores.
I think if you replace HDD with SSD and upgrade memory to 16GB, 2012Mac Book Pro get good performance which you can't feel which is better between 2012 and 2017 MacBook Pro. And 2012 MacBook Pro has quad core Corei7.
2012 MacBook Pro vs. 2017 MacBook Pro Performance
