Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. The result is given as a number of points and can be compared with other processors or systems. However, only the scores within the same software version of Geekbench may be compared.
Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning. The single-core part of Geekbench 5 measures the computer's performance using only one CPU core. The single-core performance of the processor is still interesting for many applications today, because the software can often only use one CPU core or thread at a time. The single-core load is also interesting for short performance peaks and for working within the operating system.
Modern processors no longer have a fixed clock frequency, but clock their CPU cores according to the processor's load. In single-core load scenarios, the individual CPU core is usually clocked much higher than when several CPU cores are used in parallel. The power limit of the processor and the available cooling capacity of the computer also play a major role here. So it can happen that a processor in another notebook (which has better cooling) calculates much faster or stays at higher clock frequencies for much longer.
A big advantage of Geekbench 5 is that it is available across platforms. It works not only on Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems, but also with ARM processors. For the first time, processors from Samsung or the media center can be compared with those from AMD and Intel.
