Yup, Apples are bound to flow beneath the Ivy Bridge at some point, but how much of a performance boost will they deliver. If you're happy to hold onto a little skepticism, then two unexpected appearances on the Geekbench site could offer some early answers. The first purports to be an unknown 'MacBookPro9,1' laptop powered by an Ivy Bridge Core i7-3820QM running at 2.7GHz, which achieved a benchmark of 12252 - that's around 17 percent better than a current equivalent Core i7 15-inch or 17-inch MacBook Pro.
Engadget, MacBook Pro and iMac with next-gen Ivy Bridge processors crop up on benchmarks
