2018 MacBook Pros - Benchmarks Only

[patchedreality]

2.6/1TB/32/560x

Geekbench: 5265/22080

Edit: I decided to see how far I could push it, so I let the machine cool down, quit every app, turned off bluetooth, and turned up the fans using Macs Fan Control.

Geekbench: 5146/23132

Interestingly, the single core score went down, but the multi-core is off the charts.

I also did some Cinebench tests:

OpenGL: 99.24, 96.91, 90.45, 87.3, 87.3, 85.73
CPU: 1008, 1006, 1014, 1019, 1014, 978, 965, 948, 980, 991

Lastly, I did some real-world tests, taking one of my bigger Unity 3d projects (a mobile VR zombie shooter), to compare the performance against my maxed out 2013 i7 2.6ghz, 16gb, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 1tb. These tests were performed when the machine was right out of the box, after completing the Migration Assistant from the old machine, with a typical amount of other stuff running: a few web tabs open, Rider IDE open, Mail open, etc., as well as whatever disk indexing a new Mac has to do. So, I suspect if I re-run the test in a few days, it might improve even more. Anyway:

Initial opening of fresh project, and conversion to new Unity version:
2013 MBP: 12:57
2018 MBP: 10:31

Build Unity project to XCode:
2013 MBP: 5:35
2018 MBP: 3:23

Build XCode project to iPhone 7:
2013 MBP: 3:39
2018 MBP: 1:45

Assets -> Re-import all
2013 MBP: 20:17
2018 MBP: 16:24

So, overall, so far I am very pleased with the boost in performance of this new machine versus the old. I'll be looking forward to hopefully not having as many random slow downs and hiccups with this new one.

One final note: I chose the i7 2.6ghz vs the i9, because the heavier tasks I do tend to tax both the CPU and GPU, and all the independent tests I've seen show extremely similar performance between i7 2.6 vs i9. Looking at the power gadget during the tests above, especially the building tests, the CPU was pegged, but was still maintaining close to 3.0ghz. I imagine the i9 would behave similarly.

 

[RumorConsumer]

After all the comparisons and tests I have seen the i9 doesn’t make a lot of sense if you do work which will strain your CPU for a long period of time.
They seem to get hot and can’t give you anymore power than the i7s do.

The i7s seem to perform as expected and will have enough power for me.

I will get 32GB ram, 560x graphics and 2TB SSD. That should do the trick for the next 3 to 4 years for me.
I’m upgrading from my early 2012 MBP (pre Retina) so it’ll be a huge step up for me.

Did you get it??

 

[Jorg1312]

Did you get it??

Yes, I got it. That exact model.
It’s been great for me so far. There are some core audio problems with Cubase but that’s for Cubase to fix.

I haven’t run any benchmarks but it’s much faster than my 2012 model and the battery life is incredible.

No weird crashes or audio problems either. So far I’m happy with it.

 

[RumorConsumer]

Yes, I got it. That exact model.
It’s been great for me so far. There are some core audio problems with Cubase but that’s for Cubase to fix.

I haven’t run any benchmarks but it’s much faster than my 2012 model and the battery life is incredible.

No weird crashes or audio problems either. So far I’m happy with it.

Awesome!!!

 

[upandown]

Probably no one cares anymore but Mojave seems to have improved performance.

Geeckbench

2018 13 i7 16
5500/19100

Metal 39344
OpenCL 37900
(Both improved by about 2-3k)

 

[RumorConsumer]

Probably no one cares anymore but Mojave seems to have improved performance.

Geeckbench

2018 13 i7 16
5500/19000

Metal 39344
OpenCL 37900
(Both improved by about 2-3k)

wow what was it before! Wow the highest one on the site is 5143 for single thread...

 

[upandown]

wow what was it before! Wow the highest one on the site is 5143 for single thread...

Its climbed with most of the updates that were put out. But with the last version of HS it was 5400/18800.

I don't understand why Geekbench shows so low. I have never hit 5100. The lowest was in the 52XX's. And the Multi scores show low too.

 

[Maven1975]

Probably no one cares anymore but Mojave seems to have improved performance.

Geeckbench

2018 13 i7 16
5500/19100

Metal 39344
OpenCL 37900
(Both improved by about 2-3k)

Thats a bigger difference than expected....

2018 13" 2.3/1TB/16gb running Mojave

Geekbench

4650/17300

OpenCL 34494

Guess that i7 was a worthy upgrade!

 

[mmomega]

2018 15" i9/32/1TB Mojave Geekbench CPU:

I never "set up" my computers to do a benchmark. I will run it, with Safari running, with other apps running, so show me that number while I am using that computer. But that is me.

So with that, my number is 5,623 Single 24,981 Multi

And with that this is the top CPU I have owned in terms of multicore speed and I have an overclocked Ryzen 1700 that comes in with a 4,414/23,846 - 8 core machine.
A 2013 Mac Pro 6core Xeon 32GB/512 with a 3,985/20,279.
A hackintosh'd water-cooled 5.2GHz 7700k, 16GB 3600MHz DDR4, 512GB m.2 at 6,843/23,980. Quad Core.

That 7700K machine is quite a bit over the top, EKWB everything, dual 360 radiators, 1080Ti water-cooled, Samsung nvme. It was and still is a crazy fast machine to use. I gave it to my son for his 16th and he absolutely loves it.
But the fact that I can have very similar CPU performance in my bag, sitting on an airplane is just amazing to me. Now I understand thermals and it isn't going to hold that speed continuously but...I understand that truly and it still just makes me grateful and appreciative that I have the opportunity to own this laptop.

The previous 2016 13" MBP scores in at 3,849/7,575. This is the i5/512GB model.
Then let it sink in that my iPhone X was faster but the iPhone Xs comes in at 4,812/11,135.

So - apologize for the lengthy post but, for me, this is my favorite laptop. Possibly favorite computer to own and use but I do still love my little trashcan MacPro with Vega64 eGPU. I just really like that thing, 5 years in.

 

[upandown]

18 13 i7 16

With a bunch of apps open
5472/19077

 

[fokmik]

2.2 ghz, 16 RAM, 555X

Cpu 1025 cb
OpenGL 90.2 fps

 

[billhinge]

2.9 ghz i9 32gb ram 2Tb 560x no special optimization but quit safari and mail during test

 

[Thysanoptera]

This was on one of the last Mojave betas, a month ago. 2.2.