October 2019 • Macworld 13NEWSrepresentation of modern workloads on modern
hardware, and the scores are not at all comparable
with those from Geekbench 4.
We often use Geekbench to give an overall
picture of the CPU and GPU compute performance
of iPhones, iPads, and Macs. It’s one of the
few cross‑device and cross‑operating‑system
comparable benchmarks available; while it
doesn’t paint a perfect picture of the difference
in performance between an Intel chip running
Windows, an Android phone with a Qualcomm
processor, and an iPad with Apple’s custom silicon,
it is one of the best synthetic benchmarks available
to at least attempt to make such a comparison.What’s new
Since we so frequently discuss Geekbench
performance results, we should reveal a little detail
about some of the changes in Geekbench 5. Here’s
what you should know about this latest version.There’s a new scale: Geekbench 4 used a Microsoft
Surface Book with an Intel Core i7‑6600U
processor as its baseline, with a score of 4,
points. Geekbench 5 uses a Dell Precision 3430
with a Core i3‑8100 processor as its baseline, with
a score of 1,000 points. You can expect the same
hardware to produce a score 75 ‑ to 80 percent
lower on Geekbench 5.It’s 64-bit only: Support for 32 ‑bit CPUs and
operating systems is gone. This allows GeekbenchOctober 2019 • Macworld 13NEWSrepresentation of modern workloads on modern
hardware, and the scores are not at all comparable
with those from Geekbench 4.
We often use Geekbench to give an overall
picture of the CPU and GPU compute performance
ofiPhones,iPads,andMacs.It’soneofthe
fewcross‑deviceandcross‑operating‑system
comparable benchmarks available; while it
doesn’t paint a perfect picture of the difference
in performance between an Intel chip running
Windows, an Android phone with a Qualcomm
processor, and an iPad with Apple’s custom silicon,
it is one of the best synthetic benchmarks available
to at least attempt to make such a comparison.
What’s new
Since we so frequently discuss Geekbench
performance results, we should reveal a little detail
about some of the changes in Geekbench 5. Here’s
what you should know about this latest version.
There’sa newscale:Geekbench 4 useda Microsoft
SurfaceBookwithanIntelCorei7‑6600U
processor as its baseline, with a score of 4,
points.Geekbench5 usesa DellPrecision 3430
witha Corei3‑8100 processor as its baseline, with
a scoreof1,000points.Youcanexpectthesame
hardwaretoproducea score 75 ‑ to 80 percent
lower on Geekbench 5.
It’s64-bitonly:Supportfor 32 ‑bit CPUs and
operating systems is gone. This allows Geekbench