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Tag: Geekbench

M5 MacBook Pro benchmarks post impressive leap over the M4

Friday, October 17, 2025 11:21 am2 Comments

The first benchmark results for the upcoming M5-powered MacBook Pro have surfaced online, and they indicate impressive performance gains…

New A17 Pro-powered iPad mini posts big performance leap in benchmarks

Friday, October 18, 2024 2:32 pmFriday, October 18, 2024No Comments

Apple on Tuesday introduced the new iPad mini, supercharged by the A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence, the easy-to-use personal…

Apple’s A18 Pro-powered iPhone 16 Pro models expected to break the 4GHz speed barrier

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 12:02 pmWednesday, September 4, 2024No Comments

The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are expected to be powered by an Apple A18 (perhaps branded “A18 Bionic”} with a 6-core processor…

Benchmarks show Apple’s M3 Max is close to M2 Ultra speed

Thursday, November 2, 2023 1:17 pm4 Comments

Initial benchmark results for Apple’s M3 Max chip have appeared in the Geekbench 6 database and they show that Apple’s new M3 Max is…

Apple’s new M2 Ultra Mac Pro notches massive Geekbench performance leap over Intel-handicapped model

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 1:19 pm10 Comments

Geekbench benchmarks for the 2023 M2 Ultra Mac Pro shows that it has over double the performance of the older Intel-handicapped machine…

Benchmark scores appear for Apple’s upcoming M2 Max chip

Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:51 pm1 Comment

The first purported benchmarks of Apple’s upcoming M2 Max chip have hit Geekbench’s database. The M2 Max is likely destined…

First benchmarks: Apple’s M1‌ Max absolutely destroys Intel

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 11:33 amTuesday, October 19, 202115 Comments

The first Geekbench benchmarks for Apple’s high-end ‌M1‌ Max chip featuring a 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU have appeared…

Benchmarks: Apple’s A14 Bionic offers significant performance improvement over A13

Saturday, October 3, 2020 11:36 am9 Comments

Benchmarks for Apple’s new fourth generation iPad Air have appeared online, indicating the A14 Bionic expected to be used in the “iPhone 12″…

Apple silicon-powered Macs promise screaming performance

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 5:02 pmWednesday, July 1, 202028 Comments

Apple silicon-powered Macs show promising performance benchmarks which have appeared on Geekbench as developers begin to speed test these new Macs…

Apple’s A12Z under Rosetta 2 beats Microsoft’s native ARM-based Surface Pro X

Monday, June 29, 2020 2:35 pmMonday, June 29, 20207 Comments

Somebody benchmarked Apple’s iPad crammed into a Mac mini case – and even with the Rosetta 2 translation layer running, it beats Microsoft’s native…

First benchmarks of Mac mini powered by Apple silicon emerge

Monday, June 29, 2020 12:37 pmMonday, June 29, 20209 Comments

The first benchmarks for Apple’s Developer Transition Kit, a Mac mini powered by Apple Silicon, reveal that the company is very slightly…

Potential Benchmark for next-gen iPhone XR shows 4GB RAM, moderate performance gains

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 12:30 pmNo Comments

A new Geekbench result posted this evening purportedly reveals performance data for the next-generation iPhone XR set to debut at Apple’s media event on September 10th…

The new 13-inch MacBook Pro benchmarks are in – and it’s fast!

Thursday, July 11, 2019 6:00 pmThursday, July 11, 20193 Comments

The first GeekBench tests of Apple’s newly-introduced Macs are in, and they prove a good performance boost in these new Macs…

Geekbench scores for new iPad Pro surface, goes to toe-to-toe with 2018 MacBook Pro

Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:01 pmThursday, November 1, 201811 Comments

Geekbench benchmarks for the new iPad Pro have shown up online, and the scores are certainly impressive…

Geekbench shootout: Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Pro (mid 2018) vs. other Macs

Thursday, July 19, 2018 3:32 pmThursday, July 19, 20185 Comments

How does the 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch compare to other Macs?

Samsung Galaxy S9 benchmarks leak and Apple’s iPhone X thoroughly nukes them

Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:02 pmThursday, November 16, 20177 Comments

After this year’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ were a somewhat minor update in terms of hardware design…

Apple’s iPhone 8 beats iPhone X in early benchmark tests

Monday, September 18, 2017 1:55 pmMonday, September 18, 201719 Comments

The iPhone X is Apple’s top-of-the-range iPhone, but if you’re looking for…

Pro app Shootout: Apple’s 2017 fastest iMac 5K vs. cheese grater and trash can Mac Pros

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:26 pmWednesday, June 21, 20179 Comments

In response to popular demand, here are ten Pro App tests we ran on the fastest 2017 iMac 5K…

Geekbench: Apple’s new 27-inch iMac benchmarks

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 1:45 pmWednesday, June 21, 20178 Comments

The fastest Mac you can buy today…

Apple’s A11-powered iPhone 8 obliterates Samsung’s Galaxy S8 in first leaked benchmarks

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:32 pmWednesday, April 26, 20175 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 8 will also outgun the Dell XPS 13 laptop…

iPhone 8 with Apple A11 allegedly runs Geekbench, destroys the so-called competition

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 9:45 amWednesday, April 26, 201736 Comments

The iPhone 8 has absolutely destroyed the competition…

Benchmarks from Apple’s next-gen A10X processor show unmatched power

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 12:01 pmWednesday, October 5, 201618 Comments

Apple’s new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are far and away the most powerful smartphones the world has seen thus far…

Beast: Apple’s iPhone 7 A10 processor significantly faster than the iPhone 6s’ A9 in early benchmarks

Friday, July 15, 2016 5:35 pmFriday, July 15, 20169 Comments

The A10 SoC, which will ship with the iPhone 7, will allegedly be markedly faster than the A9 chip…

Insanely Great: iPhone 6s benchmarks as powerful as the Retina MacBook

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 8:23 pm27 Comments

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus shouldn’t arrive at your door for a few more days…

TechCrunch reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: ‘The camera alone is worth the price of admission’

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:25 pmTuesday, September 22, 20159 Comments

In our tests, there was a 56.5% increase in Geekbench benchmark scores from the iPhone 6 Plus to the iPhone 6s Plus…

Apple’s A9 set to deliver insane levels of performance

Saturday, August 15, 2015 1:38 pmSaturday, August 15, 201540 Comments

Apple may be set to deliver PC-class performance in the next iPhones and iPads…

Apple iPhone 6s with tri-core A9 chip gets benchmarked, beats most Android flagships

Saturday, August 15, 2015 11:12 amSaturday, August 15, 201528 Comments

An alleged Apple iPhone 6s prototype has been spotted…

Apple’s 64-bit A8X-powered iPad Air 2 trounces Google’s Nexus 9 with Nvidia Denver Tegra K1

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:04 pm8 Comments

Apple’s new A8X Application Processor not only trounces Android tablets…

Apple’s 12-core Mac Pro scores 33,000 in Geekbench

Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:47 pm46 Comments

The 2-core Mac Pro popped up on Geekbench…

Apple’s new 8-core Mac Pro appears in online benchmarks

Friday, September 27, 2013 2:00 pmFriday, September 27, 201336 Comments

Today, a new Geekbench result that appears to be a second legitimate Mac Pro…

Apple’s forthcoming Mac Pro powerhouse could break 30,000 in Geekbench

Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:01 pmThursday, August 15, 201319 Comments

The CPU used inside the new Mac Pro…

New iMac model shows up in online benchmark testing

Friday, August 31, 2012 11:32 am12 Comments

Following on from our report yesterday regarding possible new iMac models…

13-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina display appears again in online benchmarks

Friday, August 10, 2012 6:32 pmFriday, August 10, 201212 Comments

A second 13-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina display has now appeared in the results database…

Apple’s new iMacs may be right around the corner

Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:50 amThursday, June 14, 201212 Comments

A pair of Geekbench 2 benchmarks that claimed to be from unreleased

Unreleased 2012 MacBook Pro and iMac Models appear in online benchmarks

Monday, May 14, 2012 8:32 amMonday, May 14, 201231 Comments

Two new benchmark results appearing in Geekbench’s database within the past few days…

Mac OS X 10.6.8 benchmarked: How fast is it?

Friday, June 24, 2011 11:26 amFriday, June 24, 201115 Comments

I have tested the speed of virtually every version of Mac OS X…

Benchmarks prove 2011 iMacs 25% faster than last-gen iMacs; 70% faster than Core 2 Duo models

Friday, May 6, 2011 9:29 am20 Comments

Earlier this week Apple released new iMacs which feature Intel’s next-gen…

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