NEWSrepresentation 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 computeperformanceof iPhones,
iPads,and Macs.It’s one of the few cross‑deviceand
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’sa newscale:Geekbench4 used a Microsoft
SurfaceBook with an Intel Core i7‑6600U processor as
its baseline,with a score of 4,000points.Geekbench
5 uses a Dell Precision3430 with a Core i3‑ 8100
processor as its baseline, with a score of 1,000 points.
You can expectthe same hardwareto produce a score
75 ‑ to 80 percent lower on Geekbench 5.
It’s64-bitonly:Supportfor 32‑bit CPUs and operating
systems is gone. This allows Geekbench 5 to use more
strenuous tests with larger workloads that put more
emphasis on memory performance.