14 Macworld • October 2019NEWS5 to use more strenuous tests with larger workloads
that put more emphasis on memory performance.There are no more individual memory tests:
Geekbench 4 had memory copy, memory latency,
and memory bandwidth tests. Together they
accounted for 20 percent of the Geekbench 4
score. Geekbench 5 drops those tests, increasing
the impact of integer performance tests on the
score. Memory performance is still important to
achieving high Geekbench scores, as the larger
workloads require more memory access.All the tests have changed: Tests that existed
in Geekbench 4, like AES encryption and image
compression, have been updated with new
algorithms and larger workloads. Other testsGeekbench 4 scores
are much higher than
Geekbench 5 scores
on the same hardware14 Macworld • October 2019NEWS
5 to use more strenuous tests with larger workloads
that put more emphasis on memory performance.There are no more individual memory tests:
Geekbench 4 had memory copy, memory latency,
and memory bandwidth tests. Together they
accounted for 20 percent of the Geekbench 4
score. Geekbench 5 drops those tests, increasing
the impact of integer performance tests on the
score. Memory performance is still important to
achieving high Geekbench scores, as the larger
workloads require more memory access.All the tests have changed: Tests that existed
in Geekbench 4, like AES encryption and image
compression, have been updated with new
algorithms and larger workloads. Other testsGeekbench 4 scores
are much higher than
Geekbench 5 scores
on the same hardware