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Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking
Primate Labs has released Geekbench 7, an updated version of its widely used computer and phone benchmarking software. The new version is intended to better reflect the demands of modern applications through tougher workloads and more realistic multi-core testing, though it still focuses on short bursts of performance rather than sustained heavy use.
Geekbench 7 adds audio and video encoding and decoding tests covering technologies and workloads including AV1, Opus, video conferencing and streaming. It uses larger datasets for CPU and GPU tests, while its redesigned multi-core benchmark runs tasks across threads only where the simulated software would do so. Geekbench 6 scores cannot be compared directly with Geekbench 7; a Pro licence remains $99, reduced to $79 until 6 August.
In short
- Geekbench 7 introduces tougher, more modern benchmark workloads.
- New tests include AV1, Opus, streaming and video conferencing.
- Geekbench 6 and 7 scores are not directly comparable.
Explained simply
Geekbench is benchmarking software that measures how quickly computers and phones perform. The tool is widely used by consumers, tech reviewers and manufacturers to compare the performance of different devices and understand how fast their hardware operates.
Primate Labs, the company behind Geekbench, has released version 7 with more challenging tests designed to better reflect how modern applications actually demand resources. The new version includes tests based on real-world tasks like video processing and streaming, uses larger amounts of data to evaluate processors, and improves how it measures performance when multiple processor cores work together.
Because Geekbench 7's tests are fundamentally different from version 6, scores from the two versions cannot be directly compared. This means previous performance rankings and benchmarks become less useful as reference points, and devices will need to be re-tested with the new software to establish where they stand.