Overview
- Primate Labs launched Geekbench 7 on Thursday, July 23, 2026, as a cross‑platform update for iOS, macOS, Android, Windows and Linux with a free personal edition and a Pro edition on a 20% launch discount through August 6.
- The multi‑core methodology now runs a workload across multiple threads only when the real application it models is multithreaded, a change intended to make multi‑core scores mirror everyday software behavior.
- New CPU media tests include AV1 screen‑share encoding, Opus audio compression and Whisper‑based live caption decoding to model video calls, streaming and captioned playback, and a Game Physics test uses the Jolt engine to measure physics‑heavy gaming loads.
- The GPU suite shifts toward machine learning and content creation with face tracking, AI upscaling, RAW processing and fluid simulation, and adds Nvidia CUDA support alongside OpenCL, Vulkan and Metal to test a wider range of GPUs.
- Because workloads, datasets and scoring changed and early reporter runs already show different numbers on the same hardware, reviewers, vendors and buyers will need to rebuild charts and retest devices before Geekbench 7 scores can be meaningfully compared.