2015 MacBook Pro 13 inch Intel Core i5 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 2.7GHz

2015 MacBook Pro 13 inch Intel Core i5 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 2.7GHz

The 2015 MacBook Pro 13 inch Intel Core i5 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 2.7GHz was released in 2015 and features a 2.7 GHz Core i5 processor and 13″ Retina display. Graphics processing is handled by an integrated Iris 5100 graphics card with 1.5GB of VRAM.

The standard model shipped with a 256GB SSD PCI-E-002 SSD and 8GB of Integrated RAM. Overall dimensions are 0.71 x 12.35 x 8.62 inches with a weight of approximately 3.46 lbs.

The MacBook Pro Retina only supports the wireless standards 802.11 b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz) and Bluetooth 4.0. Ethernet is only available with a USB or Thunderbolt adaptor. 3G / 4G or LTE is only available via Bluetooth, WLAN or USB Tethering (USB Tethering with Android only via third party drivers like HoRNDIS).

We could only determine the WLAN performance in combination with a Linksys E4200 802.11n router. The new AC standard is supported by the Retina, however, you obviously need a compatible wireless router.

Our comparison also includes a MacBook Pro from 2010 and a Schenker S413 (Clevo W740SU) besides the review unit. As expected, the connection was very good but slightly fluctuating with a distance of 1 meter (~ 3.3 feet) and in direct sight.

According to iperf, the best result was 297 Mbps, but we also saw results below the old MBP 13, which managed 207 Mbps. Schenker’s S413 was the slowest device with just 156 Mbps, despite Intel’s new AC WLAN module. The attached AMD A8-5600K desktop (LAN) with an Asus F2A85-V did not affect the performance; we could see the maximum transfer rate of 865 Mbps when we attached the Schenker via Ethernet.

One floor below (concrete ceiling and a partition wall), the performance of the Retina was reduced to 42 Mbps. MBP 13 and S413 were significantly faster with 59 Mbps and 55 Mbps, respectively.

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