Comparing the base models of the 15-inch Macbook Pros on Geekbench:
Single core:
2012: 3216
2018: 4918 (+53%)
Multi core:
2012: 10558
2018: 21118 (+100%)the issue I take with Apple is they do have the ability to come in under 1k and provide a good product that they can profit from both in desktop and laptop lines but they don't choose to.
on product availability and innovation the last major update to iMac was the retina screens discounting putting a workstation CPU in the same chassis. the mini is just a disgrace but this also comes with the fact that they dropped their stand alone screens and people have been waiting for a 4k Apple branded screen.
Photoshop and iMovie for instance all work fine. As ever XCode compilling could be faster, as could rendering iMovie videos.
But really, it's fine.
GPU sucks though. And I wish I had TB3.
I can't get myself to replace mine unless it totally dies, but damn does it run super hot a lot of the time. And it has since it was brand new. It really does feel like there was an apex in there that we've gone downhill from though, and the 2012 was definitely higher up there than we are now.