Macbook Pro 9,5 vs 11,5

[MacScout]

Are there any benchmarks comparing a MAXED-OUT MBP 15" 9,5 to a Maxed-out MBP 11,5?

Currently I own the 11,5 (16gb RAM, 512gb SDD, 2gb VRAM, 2.8ghz i7).
A member in my family needs a new laptop, so I am going to give them mine and get another.
I was considering getting the same 11,5, which I currently own but with a 1TB drive OR getting a: 9,5 15" 2.7ghz i7, 16gb RAM, 1gb VRAM and the fastest SSD I can install (Can I install a raid drive?)

I do film, audio and photo production. At this point, I have found my current laptop to be slower than ideal for this use, which is why I am thinking about putting less emphasis on a laptop and getting a desktop soon.

Thoughts?

 

[pigoo3]

I can't find a MacBook Pro model 9,5. Maybe if these MBP's were referred to by their release date's (a much more common practice)...that would be easier.

- Nick

 

[MacScout]

May have gotten the model number wrong; referring to the highest-spec Mid-2012 (Non Retina)

 

[MacScout]

Looks like it's the 9,2.

 

[pigoo3]

Currently I own the 11,5 (16gb RAM, 512gb SDD, 2gb VRAM, 2.8ghz i7).

Thoughts?

May have gotten the model number wrong; referring to the highest-spec Mid-2012 (Non Retina)

Looks like it's the 9,2.

Ok...thanks for clearing that up...and let's see where we go from here.

Assuming the 9,2 model designation is correct...and knowing that you currently own a MacBook Pro 11,5. Why would you want to downgrade from a high end 2015 15" MacBook Pro (11,5)...to a lower end 4+ year old mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro (9,2)?

If you want the same or better performance as your current 15" MBP 11,5...getting a 13" Mid-2012 MBP 9,2 really is not the way to go!

- Nick

 

[MacScout]

Logic is:
1. to potentially save money by buying a 2012 instead of a replacement 2015. (additional funds would go towards buying a maxed-out Mac Pro 5,1)
2. The older model has more ports that I need and use on a regular basis
3. Parts are serviceable

P.S. Looking at the 15" mid-2012.

 

[pigoo3]

Logic is:
1. to potentially save money by buying a 2012 instead of a replacement 2015. (additional funds would go towards buying a maxed-out Mac Pro 5,1)
2. The older model has more ports that I need and use on a regular basis
3. Parts are serviceable

Ok good to know. The first post at the beginning of the thread seemed to stress how your current 15" MBP (11,5) was "maxed out" (mentioned 2x)...so thought you were interested in more performance from a MBP.

P.S. Looking at the 15" mid-2012.

Model designation for this would be 9,1...not 9,2 (or 9,5). In the future I would suggest not using this method of referring to MacBook Pro models. It's really not very commonly used in discussion's...and as you can see...things were misidentified multiple time's. Better to just say something like 15" MBP Mid-2012, 15" MBP 2015, etc.

I think that I understand the question/situation now mentioned in post #1. I think that a better way to state the situation would be (2 scenarios for your computing tasks):

Scenario #1: Give the current 15" MBP to the familiy member...and get a better 15" MBP than you currently have (one computer setup).
Scenario #2: Give the current 15" MBP to the family member...get an older 15" mid-2012 MBP for portability reasons...and get a Mac Pro desktop for the "serious" computing (2 computer setup).

Do these two scenarios accurately describe what you were thinking?

- Nick

 

[MacScout]

Yes, much more concise than my initial posting, haha.

 

[pigoo3]

Ok...good that the end-goal is clear.

Of course the big decision is...one computer or two? This is certainly a very personal choice.

If you went with a TRUELY maxed out Mac Pro 5,1 (most cores, fastest CPU's)...then you're talking a 12-core Mac Pro 5,1...with a CPU benchmark score of 26,000+. You're certainly not going to get this CPU performance from any model MBP Apple sells. The best CPU score with the best 15" MBP would be about ~14,800.

And of course you have the expandability & upgradeability of the Mac Pro desktop. Get yourself a a super video card for the Mac Pro desktop...and there's just about no way any MacBook Pro can touch it. Of course the downside to the Mac Pro is no portability (got to work at a desk).

I think that the 2015 15" MacBook Pro you have is a very good computer...and getting a newer 2016 MacBook Pro would not be be much faster (10-15%). You stated that your current MBP is "slower than ideal"...so it would almost seem to be a "no-brainer" to get a Mac Pro 5,1 of some sort.

HTH,

- Nick