When comparing a 2015 and current MBP, yes there has been a drastic leap in terms of power. I use Ableton and Logic without any hiccups at all, and I also use Photoshop on a regular basis (Native Instruments Komplete, Sylenth amongst other VST's etc). I currently use a 2015 15" model for exactly what you intend to use the laptop for. Although, if you're not looking to spend a fortune, luckily enough a 2015 model will be a DRASTIC upgrade in terms of speed for you. It's only a matter of time (and most likely this year) that a 13/14 inch model will be released with the newer keyboard. If you're going down the newer MBP route, then you want to stick with a model with the newer keyboard (which at the moment is only the 16" MBP and MBA). 2009 - intel made a major leap in 2011 with Sandy Bridge) and from 2011 to 2020 you're talking roughly 30-50 percent performance improvement at the same core count for a 2020 machine vs. The short version is that a CPU from later than 2011 will be a BIG jump (vs. ![]() But still - it frees the CPU up to do other things (e.g., processing your audio, rather than grinding away on filevault). Or rather use 30x less CPU for those things as they're generally network speed or storage speed limited. Ditto for specialised hardware acceleration instructions for encryption (which will speed up filevault, HTTPS web encryption, etc.) by 30x or more. That drastically speeds up video processing (a lot more than the 2-3 times above). This does not take into account applications that can make use of Quicksync (CPU hardware video processing) which was introduced in 2011 from memory. It also doesn't take into account that modern machines can generally burst to 3.5-4 Ghz or more. that's running stuff that can't take advantage of new cpu features, and isn't limtied by disk throughput or memory, both of which are much faster on new machines. * roughly 1.5-2x faster for a modern dual core in terms of CPU - at the same clock speed * roughly 3x faster for a modern quad core in terms of CPU - at the same clock speed CPUs have come a LONG way since then, you'd be looking at These aren't hard benchmark numbers, but averages from what i've seen and experienced first hand with the macs (and PCs) i've owned since 2009. ![]() ![]() Without comparing geekbench scores against arbitrary stuff.
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