Gizmodo published a test of the new MacBook Pro 13" and 15". They first looked at the battery life time reported by Apple to have been improved, and indeed it is.
When running a video H.264 playback test, the new models had more than 1 hour additional up time when compared to the previous Unibody models! As we would have expected too, those models offer also higher performance level thanks to faster CPU. Last but not least, Apple also improved the quality of the LCD LED displays on the new model.