Primate Labs unveils new GeekBench 4 and a surprise for Mac and PC users

[AlTech]

Primate Labs, the creator of GeekBench benchmarking software, have developed Geekbench 4. This is the successor to GeekBench 3.

 

There are 3 controversial things we need to get out of the way first.

 

1) Geekbench 4 is a free upgrade for IOS and Android users BUT not for PC, Mac and Linux users.

2) The differences between GeekBench3 and 4 look to be very minimal.

3) Geekbench 4 is not available on Steam whereas Geekbench 3 was.

 

Quote

 

Measuring performance of a new smartphone is important for tech enthusiasts. Whether you’re an average consumer or a professional, performance is a key aspect when comparing with a predecessor or a rival smartphone. Geekbench by Primate Labs Inc. is a tool to measure real-world performance demonstration of a smartphone or a tablet. Previously, users have been making use of Geekbench 3 as an instrument to measure a device’s manifestation of internals. Now, the company has released Geekbench 4 for a more up-to-date performance measurement.

 

I'm not a huge fan of all this sketchy behavior. Frankly, I don't think Geebench is that useful anymore.

 

http://wccftech.com/primate-labs-inc-releases-geekbench-4-for-ios-and-android-download-here/

 

http://geekbench.com/

 

[ivan134]

Dat sensationalism

[LeChef]

such clickbait.

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, RikvE said:

such clickbait.

How exactly?

 

1) Geekbench 4 is a free upgrade for IOS and Android users BUT not for PC, Mac and Linux users.

2) The differences between GeekBench3 and 4 look to be very minimal.

3) Geekbench 4 is not available on Steam whereas Geekbench 3 was.

[minibois]

Not clickbait, but kinda sensationalist. 

They chose to make it a free upgrade for mobile users, but not desktop users. Oh well.. That's my only response. And not putting it on Steam, not really a 'nasty surprise', more like a "oh. well that's a shame" kinda thing.

[AresKrieger]

I honestly didn't even know what Geekbench was

 

I assume it's not normally free, so I don't think I'd every use it tbh

[Matu20]

57 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

I honestly didn't even know what Geekbench was

 

I assume it's not normally free, so I don't think I'd every use it tbh

You haven't watched many phone reviews, right?

[AresKrieger]

1 minute ago, Matu20 said:

You haven't watched many phone reviews, right?

Yeah I haven't since I don't really care about most phones

[AlTech]

20 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Yeah I haven't since I don't really care about most phones

Any phone reviewer worth their salt uses GeekBench.

[ScratchCat]

Has anyone tried it yet to see if scores are similar on pc?

I still only use the free pc version so nothing has changed.

Except the UI was driven over by a steamroller

[ScratchCat]

Update:

PC - uses a completly different set of tests (Html,HDR,n-Body physics, memory bandwidth etc)

Scores are different also eg i5 2410m - geekbench 3 2104/4000 and geekbench 4 ~2500/4700(thats even with 8 tabs open)

they have added compute benchmark with selection for different APIs.

64bit is free for PC

[Doobeedoo]

Why do dis?

[LAwLz]

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

Any phone reviewer worth their salt uses GeekBench.

You could not be further from the truth.

 

GeekBench is a pretty bad benchmark if all you're doing is look at the final, single number it gives you. It's pretty good if you go though the detailed report though (which I rarely see anyone do).

Some of the best reviews however, such as those from Anandtech, doesn't even use GeekBench at all (although they use a lot of browser based benchmarks which is a bad idea for cross platform comparisons, so pick your poison).