Geekbench is a proprietary and freemium cross-platform utility for benchmarking the central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) of computers, laptops, tablets, and phones.
| Developer(s) | Primate Labs Inc. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 6.2.1[1]
/ June 7, 2023 |
| Written in | C++, C, Objective-C, Python, Ruby |
| Operating system | macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and iPadOS |
| Platform | x86-64, ARMv7,[2] AArch64,[2] RISC-V64[2] |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Benchmark |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
History
editGeekbench began as a benchmark for Mac OS X and Windows,[3] and is now a cross-platform benchmark that supports macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS.[4]
In version 4, Geekbench started measuring GPU performance in areas such as image processing and computer vision.[5]
In version 5, Geekbench dropped support for IA-32.[6]
In version 6, the current version, Geekbench includes CPU and GPU compute benchmarks.[4]
Usage
editIt uses a scoring system that separates single-core and multi-core performance,[7][8] and workloads designed to simulate real-world scenarios.[9] The software benchmark is available for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. Free users are required to upload test results online in order to run the benchmark.
In 2013, the usefulness of the scores from earlier versions of Geekbench (up to version 3) was heavily disputed by Linus Torvalds in an online forum. Linus' concerns that Geekbench combined disparate benchmarks into a single score[10] were addressed in Geekbench 4 by splitting integer, floating point, and crypto into sub-scores. Linus regarded the changes as improvements in an informal review.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Geekbench 6.2". geekbench.com. 2023-09-12.
- ^ a b c "Geekbench 5.4". geekbench.com. 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Geekbench's creator on version 6 and why benchmarks matter in the real world". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ a b Poole, John (February 14, 2023). "Introducing Geekbench 6". Geekbench Blog. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ "Geekbench 4". geekbench.com. 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Geekbench 5 - Geekbench". www.geekbench.com. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ Marco Cornero; Andreas Anyuru (2013). Multiprocessing in Mobile Platforms: the Marketing and the Reality (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-08-13.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schoon, Ben (February 14, 2023). "Geekbench 6 debuts on macOS and iOS with updated 'true-to-life' tests". 9to5Mac. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ "Real World Technologies - Forums - Thread: Charlie re: Apple and ARM". Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ "Real World Technologies - Forums - Thread: Geekbench 4". Retrieved 2021-10-09.