Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2018 is right around the corner. The conference will showcase the progress that Apple has made, primarily in software. There have been many rumors regarding what to expect from the conference, ranging from iPhone SE2 to different Operating Systems (OS) that the company is working on, such as iOS 12, macOS and watchOS. And just before the start of Apple’s WWDC 2018, an intriguing benchmark has been leaked on GeekBench. The alleged benchmark shows an Apple MacBook Pro running on an Intel Core i7-8750H, and has a total of 32 GB of RAM.
Macbook Pro 2018 New Hardware
The Core i7-8750H is a part of Intel’s new High Performance Mobile Chips in its 8th Gen Coffee Lake lineup of CPUs. It is a 6 core 12 thread chip, and is sure to deliver a lot of performance. Intel has been having some issues when it comes to moving to the 10 nm process. However, this has not hindered its efforts in making better performance gains in its new lineup of CPUs. The new MacBook Pro also appears to have a total of 32 GB of RAM. This is a welcome upgrade from the previous models, as it was believed that a limited amount of RAM was limiting performance of the previous MacBook Pro. This is also not helped by the fact that RAM upgrades are not possible on the MacBooks.
Macbook Pro 2018 Core i7-8750H Benchmarks:
The newly spotted MacBook Pro, sporting the Core i7-8750H, packs some amazing performance. The single-core score was 4902, whereas the score for the multi-core was 22316. These numbers are great, however, it is still behind other laptops with the same processor. This can be due to many reasons, one of which is that Apple might still be facing software support issues for the new processor. Another thing that needs to be understood is that while these benchmarks are great tools for measuring performance across different platforms and hardware configurations, this type of comparison seldom translates into real life performance differences. Discrepancies are not uncommon between the two. For instance, the Dell XPS 15 9570 uses the same processor but has a single-core score of 5117 and a multi-core score of 21506. This is just one of the many deviations that can be observed using benchmarks, as this may not mean that the Dell XPS is faster than the MacBook Pro or vice versa.
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The Current MacBook Pro Lineup: 13″ and 15″ 2018 Models
Currently, there are two variants in the MacBook Pro lineup: the 13″ and the 15″ models. As this particular MacBook Pro is running on a Core i7-8750H, it is very likely that this is a 15″ variant. Even though this leaked benchmark comes right before WWDC 2018, it is still improbable that it will be revealed at the conference. It is more likely that if Apple really is testing such a thing, then it will most probably be announced, and subsequently launched, later this year.