https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/24596 weird results...seems bug fixes needed...new update coming soon...
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Does this points really matters? I mean, if a person is using a mac primely for checking mail, watch youtube and post on imageboards, whether it has i3 or i7 doesn't really matters! I am using my 2015 mbp is such scenario, plus light audio editing and coding, and unlikely need more that 2/4 processor for this tasks. What really matters, is SSD and it's speed.
Those numbers are in line with what I am seeing on my iPhone XR. These numbers have been completely recalibrated based on what they are being tested against and what is now used as the baseline scale model, which is a Core i3-8100 (http://browser.geekbench.com/ios-benchmarks/) and is not the same as for Geekbench version 4.
I was in them single and multi core test, faster than iPhone XS but slightly behind iPhone 8...which is slightly weird...guess I should have explained.
Imagine if one could Benchmark5 an old Lisa computer. That compute score would be like 0.00005
I do not trust this benchmark for comparing across platforms at all. According to Geekbench 5 a 2015 era ~5W TDP 1.84GHz Dual Core A9 in the iPhone SE outperforms a 65W TDP 3.6GHz Quad Core i3-8100 Desktop Processor from 2018 in multi-core benchmarks (1011 vs 1000 points multicore).
We all know intel has had its fair share of troubles lately but this benchmark is seriously iffy.
I'd use it to get an idea of comparing the relative performance of devices on a platform (e.g. iPhone 7 vs iPhone XR etc.)
However, I've seen one friend use this stupid benchmark app to boast that their 2017 smartphone is far more powerful than another friend's i3 quad core low-midrange gaming desktop. This is just complete and utter BS
We all know intel has had its fair share of troubles lately but this benchmark is seriously iffy.
I'd use it to get an idea of comparing the relative performance of devices on a platform (e.g. iPhone 7 vs iPhone XR etc.)
However, I've seen one friend use this stupid benchmark app to boast that their 2017 smartphone is far more powerful than another friend's i3 quad core low-midrange gaming desktop. This is just complete and utter BS
My Mac mini 2018 with that i3-8100 scored a 930/3500 single/multi. I believe the 1000 base for the i3-8100 is single-core btw, not multi. And the Mac mini uses the i3-8100B which is why it scored 70 points below for me or the test wasn't 100% accurate?
Thanks for clearing that up! Still I think that your quad core i3 should be more than twice as fast as that old A9 in single core performance (considering the massive difference in clock speed, thermal limitations, and newer architecture) but geekbench shows 546 points for the SE compared to your 930 points.
Double the geekbench score indicates double the performance according to their website.
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