Geekbench 6.1 has been released, updating the tool with new features and faster performance

Geekbench 6.1 is here, optimising the tool to deliver higher performance levels with modern processors

Primate Labs has just launched Geekbench 6.1, an updated version of Geekbench that features a series of upgrades that are designed to deliver higher performance levels across a range of systems. These changes will enable higher performance levels for all users, making the scores offered by Geekbench 6.1 incomparable to scores from Geekbench 6.0.

With support for new instruction sets, higher core counts, and an increased gap between workloads, Geekbench 6.1 is designed to allow modern CPUs to run at their best. With these changes, Geekbench 6.1 scores are expected to be around 5% higher for single-threaded performance and 10% higher for multi-threaded performance, though these changes will vary depending on the processor used to run the test.  

Geekbench 6.1 features the following changes:

– Upgrade to Clang 16 Geekbench 6.1 is built with Clang 16 on all platforms. Geekbench 6.1 also improves the optimization switches used when building Geekbench.

– Increase workload gap Geekbench 6.1 increases the workload gap (the pause between workloads) from two seconds to five seconds. The increased workload gap minimizes thermal throttling and reduces run-to-run variability on newer smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S23.

– Introduce support for SVE instructions Geekbench 6.1 includes SVE implementations of several image processing and machine learning functions.

– Introduce support for AVX512-FP16 instructions Geekbench 6.1 includes AVX512-FP16 implementations of several image processing functions.

– Introduce support for fixed-point math Geekbench 6.1 introduces fixed-point implementations of several image processing functions. Geekbench uses fixed-point math to implement some image processing functions on systems without FP16 instructions.

– Improve Multi-Core Performance Geekbench 6.1 improves the multi-core implementations of the Background Blur and Horizon Detection workloads, especially on high-end desktop processors such as 12- and 16-core AMD Ryzens, AMD Threadrippers, and Intel Xeons.

Primate Labs has recommended that all Geekbench 6 users upgrade to Geekbench 6.1. You can download Geekbench 6.1 here.

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