Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking

# Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking Source: [https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/970012/primate-labs-geekbench-7-benchmark-test-software-update](https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/970012/primate-labs-geekbench-7-benchmark-test-software-update) [](https://www.theverge.com/authors/antonio-g-di-benedetto) Antonio G\. Di Benedetto is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget\. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021\. Primate Labs is releasing[Geekbench 7](https://www.geekbench.com/), the latest generation of its popular benchmarking tool\. Geekbench 7 features new video and audio encoding / decoding tests, a redesigned multi\-core test, and larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs to crunch through\. It otherwise looks and acts just like Geekbench 6, and a[Pro license](https://www.primatelabs.com/store/v7/)will cost the same $99 \(discounted to $79 until August 6th\)\. A Geekbench 7 Pro license allows for offline benchmarking that doesn’t get uploaded to the[Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/), and it still covers all compatible desktop platforms of Windows, macOS, and Linux\. [](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/macOS-Launcher.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100) Geekbench is one of the mainstay synthetic benchmarks we use in reviewing laptops here at*The Verge*\. I’ve always liked how simple and fast Geekbench is to run, but its short duration also means it’s a better test of quick bursts of computing rather than sustained loads that can throttle some CPUs and GPUs\. \(One of its tests involves rendering a 1\.5MB PDF file, which must be near\-instantaneous for most modern chips\.\) Primate Labs claims Geekbench 7 uses “more demanding data sets to more accurately capture the hardware demands of modern applications\.” The new audio / video tests also now include AV1, Opus, model video conferencing, streaming, and content consumption workloads\. And multi\-core benchmarks are designed to better reflect real software behavior since the new workloads will only run multi\-threaded when the modeled tasks run that way\. These all sound like marked improvements, even if Geekbench 7 tests still only take a few minutes to run\. Scores from Geekbench 6 are of course not compatible with Geekbench 7\. So if you’re the testing type, feel free to spiritually join me in a whole bunch of new benchmark testing and retesting\. Always be testing\. **Follow topics and authors**from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates\. - Antonio G\. Di Benedetto