Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro Pefrormance Test Results Published

Geek Patrol has published performance test results of the new MacBook Pro laptops with the latest 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processors (Meroms) compared against the 32-bit Core Duo (Yonah) MacBook Pros. Moving from the Core Duo to the Core 2 Duo means 32-bit MacBook Pro performance is up 10% without an increase in processor clock speed. Also, the Core 2 Duo is 20% faster (when executing 64-bit code) than the Core Duo (when executing 32-bit code), the Geek Patrol said.

“Unless you want to run 64-bit applications (or want one of the other new features the new MacBook Pro offers) I don’t think it makes a lot of sense trade in your old MacBook Pro for a new MacBook Pro. However, coming for almost any other laptop (like, I don’t know, my PowerBook G4), the new MacBook Pro looks like a compelling upgrade, at least from a performance perspective”, the post at Geek Patrol blog says.

Geek Patrol | MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Performance