- #MACBOOK PRO RETINA 13 INCH LATE 2013 SOFTWARE UPDATE UPDATE#
- #MACBOOK PRO RETINA 13 INCH LATE 2013 SOFTWARE UPDATE MAC#
Or at least the Mac is prepared for it to do so, as we noted the fan would reach audible revs far more frequently with these integrated graphics working away.
It was noted that Intel Iris Pro does run hotter than a discrete graphics chip. At 1280 x 800 and Medium, for example, the Iris Pro managed 33.1 fps while nVidia 650M allowed 35.2 fps. The Unigine Heaven returned results similar to last year’s nVidia solution. Stepping up to ‘screen native’ 1440 x 900, it averaged 62 and 57 fps at Medium and High detail respectively. The 2013 Iris Pro model played the same tests at 68 or 69 fps. In Batman: Arkham City, we were seeing average framerates of 50 fps from an nVidia 650M-equipped Retina MacBook Pro (1280 x 800, either Medium or High detail). Turning to Mac computer games, the Intel Iris Pro graphics also proved more effective than an nVidia GeForce 650M solution in our tests. That’s unsurprisingly a step up from the 22 fps of our 13-inch sample with standard Iris graphics, but below the 40.5 fps from our Mid-2012 15-inch Unibody MacBook Pro, which has the same nVidia graphics as last year’s 15-inch Retina.īut using the older Cinebench R11.5 test, the new Iris Pro model played through with an average of 43.4 fps – faster in fact than the 31.7 fps result of last year. In the new Cinebench R15, the Iris Pro MacBook could play at 27.5 fps. We ran the rendering tests in Cinebench, using its OpenGL car-chase animation, and found some interesting answers. Graphics performance is the more intriguing aspect of this system. That’s not much but remember: the processor is now clocked 15 percent slower than before. So generally we can expect a tiny lift in processor speed, in the order of 5 percent. Then it was from 108 to 115 cb points in R15’s single mode, and from 520 to 564 cb points in multi.
Single-core mode rose from 1.28 to 1.34 points, and multi mode from 6.04 to 6.23 points in R11.5. Looking at Cinebench with its graphics rendering and CPU tests, both the familiar R11.5 and the latest R15 versions, we saw a similar fractional increase in CPU performance. Compare this with 3124 and 12,044 points for last year’s MacBook with 2.3 GHz Core i7, and we see a inconsequential 0.8 and 2.2 percent changes. In the Geekbench 3 test of processor and memory performance, it averaged 3148 points for a single thread and 12,306 points in multi-core mode. New 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro (early 2015) preview.ĭespite the slower clock of this entry-level version – 2.0 GHz against the 2.3 GHz of the first Retina Mac, and 2.4 GHz of its February revision – this MacBook Pro does run faster than before. Update: Apple unveiled new MacBook Pro models at itsĩ March 2015 press event.
#MACBOOK PRO RETINA 13 INCH LATE 2013 SOFTWARE UPDATE UPDATE#
The real coming-out party for Intel graphics required a crucial update from Apple though – namely the unlocking of OpenCL to work on integrated graphics processors, now enabled in OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Once a recipe for slow-motion slide shows in place of fluid gaming video, Intel’s integrated graphics may finally have come of age, if our test of the recent 21.5-inch iMac are any indicator. It’s still not exactly cheap, but the £1699 entry-level MacBook Pro (15-inch, Retina, Late 2013) relies entirely on the Iris Pro graphics solution that’s embedded within a Core i7 quad-core processor. And more recently, we’ve seen low-power Intel graphics included too, with automatic switching that powers up the full-bore graphics only when relevant applications are running. Every 15-inch Apple laptop since the PowerBook G4 has included either an ATI (AMD) or nVidia graphics processor.
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