
The latest MacBook Pro turned in the highest single-core result we’ve ever seen from the Geekbench 5 overall performance test, and trailed only the larger, more expensive MacBook Pro 14-inch, MacBook Pro 16-inch and Dell XPS 17 when it came to multi-core performance. If you need more objective proof of just how powerful the MacBook Pro M2 is, look no further than our benchmark tests. And while the MacBook Pro has an internal fan for when it’s pushed to the limit, I never once heard it kick in throughout my week of testing. In the music production app Ableton Live, it only took the MacBook Pro about 35 seconds to export an intricate 16-track electronic music project into a shareable MP3 file. I was able to smoothly juggle multiple high-resolution video streams in Final Cut Pro, and the app only buckled once I had seven of these 4K files playing at the same time. Apple’s new M2 notebook really shone when it came to demanding creative processes. But that’s to be expected for a modern high-end laptop. The latest MacBook Pro handled my usual multitasking workload of various chat apps, video calls and countless Chrome tabs without a hitch. The M2 MacBook Pro is easily one of the fastest laptops I’ve ever used. The company is promising yet another major bump with the M2 processor that powers this latest 13-inch MacBook Pro, and based on our testing, it lives up to the hype. When Apple launched the first MacBooks powered by its own Apple M1 processors back in 2020, we were stunned by just how big a leap in performance they provided over the Intel-powered Macs of old. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
