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For models with major changes, i.e.
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More or less I think.. There might be some variety between programs, I don't know about Photoshop. Some may take better advantage of the newer architecture than others.
Also some make more extensive use of the GPU/IGP available, and these benchmark scores are a combination of different tests that mainly stress CPU or RAM. For a more detailed estimate you should probably figure out how these different things are related to what you actually want to do.
 
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