I have the same model and I don't experience any speed improvement over Yosemite.What actually feel faster for you?
Many things feel faster and smoother. On Yosemite, the Mission Control animation would become choppy over time, which could only be fixed by a restart. On El Cap, MC is super smooth and I haven't had to restart once. Also, Photos (among other things) is noticeably faster to launch. On Yosemite, I would launch Photos and the beach ball would appear for a couple seconds every time. Now, it launches almost instantly.