MacBook Pro 13 2020 - Apple subnotebook sadece gerekli güncelleme ile geliyor

Şasi tasarımı değişmedi ve yine de iki renk seçeneği arasından seçim yapabilirsiniz (Gümüş ve Uzay Grisi). Sadece geçen yılın modeliyle yapılan doğrudan karşılaştırma, yeni MacBook'un biraz daha kalın ana birimini gösteriyor. Daha geleneksel bir makas mekanizmasına geri dönen yeni klavye için ~ 0.7 mm'lik ek yükseklik gerekir. Kasa kalitesi hala birinci sınıf. Şimdiye kadar daha ince ve daha hafif rakipler var, ancak yekpare metal konstrüksiyon, kalite ve istikrar açısından hala harika.

Liman durumu değişmedi; USB-C konektörlü iki veya dört Thunderbolt 3 bağlantı noktası alırsınız. Test birimimizin işlemcisi Intel'in mevcut Ice Lake mimarisine dayanıyor, ancak Apple hala daha hızlı Wi-Fi 6 standardını içermiyor. Netgear yönlendirici Nighthawk RAX 120 ile standart testimiz, bir Wi-Fi 5 modülü için iyi aktarım hızlarını gösterir.

MacBook Pro 13'ün "eski" tasarımı ince çerçeveler içermez, ancak yine de iyi bir web kamerası beklemeniz gerekir. Görünüşe göre FaceTime HD kameranın kalitesi son birkaç yıldır değişmedi. Üreticinin özellikle mevcut ev ofis durumu göz önünde bulundurularak daha iyi kameralar uygulamaya başlaması gerektiğini düşünüyoruz.

The large trackpad has not been changed, but this is no problem. Apple's trackpads have been the benchmark for laptops for many years now if you talk about precision, gliding capabilities and handling. You obviously benefit from the good optimization for macOS and we cannot criticize anything here. The trackpad also works pretty well when you use Windows, and only drag-n-drop commands are limited, but this is more of a software issue.

The new MacBook Pro 13 2020 (4x Thunderbolt 3) is available with two different Intel processors: a Core i5 and a Core i7. Both chips are equipped with the same iGPU, and only the maximum core clock differs slightly. Customers can also choose between 16 and 32 GB RAM, as well as storage sizes from 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, and even 4 TB. The large SSDs are obviously a big advantage over many rivals, but you will have to pay Apple a lot of money in return: The biggest spec of the 13-inch MacBook Pro retails for 4,379 Euros (~$4,900).

Similar to the smaller MacBook Air, Apple uses custom Intel processors, which are exclusive for the MacBook and can be recognized with the "N" in the model designation. The Core i5-1038NG7 has a higher TDP rating of 28 W compared to the regular mobile chips, but this value does not really matter in Apple devices anyway. Apple does not restrict the power consumption of the processor, which means the performance of the cooling solution is the only restriction for the CPU performance. We can see a slight improvement for the 2020 model: While the previous model managed to cool ~33 W, the new model now handles ~35 W. 

This is where the good news stops though, because we can once again see that Intel still has some problems with its 10nm process. While the old Core i5-8279U ran at around 3.3-3.4 GHz at 33 W, the new Core i5-1038NG7 only manages 3.3 GHz at 35 W. The per-MHz performance of Ice Lake is a bit better, so the result is pretty similar with a small advantage for the new model. However, this is only noticeable in the benchmarks, but not in practice. The CPU performance is definitely no reason to upgrade from the previous model. The performance is not reduced on battery power.

Still, we have to be fair and the processor performance is ahead of the competition. This is mainly due to the cooling solution, but we don't know why Apple had to use custom CPUs from Intel to be honest. The "regular" Core i7 in the larger Surface Laptop 3 15, for example, is only marginally slower. We are also eager to see more laptops with AMD's new Ryzen processors; the Acer Swift 3 with the Ryzen 7 4700U is about 20% faster.

The subjective performance impression of the MacBook Pro 13 is excellent. Thanks to SSD storage, sufficient RAM, and the fast quad-core processor, all your inputs are quickly executed and there are no noticeable delays, either. The PCIe-SSD is also a fast model with maximum transfer rates of around 2400 MB/s. There are even faster drives out there, but you won't notice the differences in practice.

We performed the synthetic PCMarks with Windows 10. The latter runs very well with the BootCamp drivers, but the performance still depends on the drivers you get from Apple. The comparatively low scores are not representative of the real performance or performance impression, respectively.

The Ice Lake processor is equipped with the Iris Plus Graphics, which takes care of all the graphics calculations. It is the faster G7 version with 64 EUs. The performance is on the expected level, but the higher TDP classification is no advantage over the Windows rivals. Compared to the Iris Plus Graphics 655 (with eDRAM cache) of the previous MacBook Pro 13, the performance is about 30-40% higher.

The sustained performance is definitely an advantage, because neither the 3DMark stress test (Fire Strike) nor our The Witcher 3 loop (here with medium preset) shows a performance drop. Still, the MacBook Pro 13 is not great for gaming. Older titles are usually playable, but hardly with high settings. More modern titles are definitely limited to the lowest settings and resolution.

The cooling solution with the two fans has not changed and the MacBook is usually silent when you only use simple applications. When the fan is running on the lowest setting, you can only hear a quiet murmur when you hold your ear directly next to the device. The fan behavior really depends on the CPU load. When we only stress the integrated GPU (like with the Unigine Valley benchmark, for example) it takes a couple of minutes before the fans will even start spinning. It gets much louder when you stress the processor. Medium workloads, including gaming, usually result in around 36 dB(A), and up to 42.1 dB(A) is measured under maximum load. Our measurement results are therefore pretty much identical to the previous model. We did not notice any other electronic sounds like coil whine.

The idle power consumption is slightly higher than before, but the results are very similar under load. We can detect a maximum consumption of 65.2 W under load, but this will level off at around 57 Watts. The provided 61 W PSU is therefore just sufficient, even though there is not much headroom (for the charging of the battery, for example).