Geekbench

Geekbench is a popular[5] cross-platform utility for benchmarking the central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) of computers, laptops, tablets, and phones.

Geekbench
Developer(s)Primate Labs Inc.
Stable release
6.0[1] / February 14, 2023 (2023-02-14)
Written inC++, C, Objective-C, Python, Ruby
Operating systemmacOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and IPadOS
Platformx86-64, ARMv7,[2] AArch64,[3] RISC-V64[4]
Available inEnglish
TypeBenchmark
Websitewww.geekbench.com

History

Geekbench began as a benchmark for Mac OS X and Windows[6] and was created by John Poole who ran the now-defunct Geek Patrol website,[7] which reviewed hardware and software designed for Macs, and featured editorials and interviews of interest to the Mac community.

Starting with version 4, Geekbench also measures GPU performance in areas such as image processing and computer vision.[8]

Starting with version 5, Geekbench dropped support for x86-32.[9]

The current version, Geekbench 6, includes CPU and GPU Compute benchmarks. A cross-platform benchmark Geekbench supports macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS.[10]

Usage

It uses a scoring system that separates single-core and multi-core performance,[11][12] and workloads that simulate real-world scenarios[13]. The software benchmark is available for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS.

The usefulness of Geekbench scores from earlier versions (up to Versions 3) was heavily disputed by Linus Torvalds because Geekbench combined disparate benchmarks into a single score.[14] Later revisions starting with Geekbench 4 addressed these concerns by splitting integer, floating point, and crypto into sub-scores, which while Linus regards as improvements, still notes that they can be misleading and can be gamed to artificially inflate one CPU platform over another.[15]

References
  1. "Geekbench 6". geekbench.com. 2023-02-14.
  2. "Geekbench 5.4". geekbench.com. 2021-03-12.
  3. "Geekbench 5.4". geekbench.com. 2021-03-12.
  4. "Geekbench 5.4". geekbench.com. 2021-03-12.
  5. Clark, Mitchell (February 14, 2023). "Geekbench 6 tests things you actually do with your phone and computer". The Verge. Retrieved February 14, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Geekbench Preview at Geek Patrol". www.geekpatrol.ca. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. "Geek Patrol : About". www.geekpatrol.ca. Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. "Geekbench 4". geekbench.com. 2016-08-29.
  9. "Geekbench 5 - Geekbench". www.geekbench.com. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  10. Poole, John (February 14, 2023). "Introducing Geekbench 6". Geekbench Blog. Retrieved February 14, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. Marco Cornero, Andreas Anyuru (ST-Ericsson) (2013). Multiprocessing in Mobile Platforms: the Marketing and the Reality (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-08-13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  12. Prakash P.; Biju R. Mohan (2013). "Evaluating Performance of Virtual Machines on Hypervisor (Type-2)" (PDF). National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Department of Information Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-18.
  13. Schoon, Ben (February 14, 2023). "Geekbench 6 debuts on macOS and iOS with updated 'true-to-life' tests". 9to5Mac. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  14. "Real World Technologies - Forums - Thread: Charlie re: Apple and ARM". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  15. "Real World Technologies - Forums - Thread: Geekbench 4". Retrieved 2021-10-09.


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