Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 15" i7 or new MacBook pro 13" i7?

Hi,
I would like to renew my white MacBook from mid 2009. I haven't decided yet but I have two options in mind, a MacBook Pro 15" from mid 2010 with an intel core duo i7 (I think it's duo) running at 2.8GHz with an integrated card, the intel HD 3000 and a dedicated card, Nvidia Geforce 330m with 512MB of dedicated VRAM, a month old mother board and battery and a hi-res anti-glare display with 7 months remaining of apple care all for £1000. My other option would be a new MacBook Pro 13" with a dual i7 locked at 2.9 GHz and no dedicated graphics card for £1035 from amazon.
I would mainly use it for photo editing using Adobe programs and occasionally some video editing and video gaming.
Which one do you think is more powerful?
ps: I would use an external monitor, 8GB of RAM and an SSD on both
Thanks

MacBook Pro 15" 2010
Intel Core i7 2.8GHz M 640 Arrandale Cores 2 (2867)
8GB max RAM 2 - 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512MB (15.85) (369) and Intel HD Graphics 3000 (10) (309)
MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012
Intel Core i7 3520M Ivy Bridge Cores 2 (4519)*
16GB RAM max actual (8GB Apple) 2 - 204-pin PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (unknown) (465)*
The 13" is a more powerful machine and it has more RAM capacity.

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