| Feature | Geekbench 2 | Geekbench 5/6 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Small (fit in early L1/L2 caches) | Large (tests memory & cache hierarchy) | | Multi-core Scaling | Simple thread dispatch | Complex, realistic concurrency models | | Instruction Sets | Up to SSE3, ARMv6/7 | AVX-512, ARMv8.3, SVE | | Score Inflation | 2,000 was high-end | 2,000 is low-end (modern CPUs score 15,000+) | | Use Case | Single-core dominance era | Heterogeneous computing (big.LITTLE) |
Here is a rough performance ladder for scores (based on 2009-2012 hardware): cpu gb2
"CPU GB2" is a search term that often confuses newcomers and intrigues hardware veterans. At first glance, it looks like a typo or a missing space. However, in the world of processor benchmarking, "GB2" is a powerful shorthand for Geekbench 2 , one of the most influential cross-platform performance tests ever created. | Feature | Geekbench 2 | Geekbench 5/6