Updated
Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Aug 21
Honor Magic8 Pro Tops Geekbench 7 Multi-Core as Primate Labs Overhauls 2,500-Point Benchmark
Updated
Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Aug 21

Honor Magic8 Pro Tops Geekbench 7 Multi-Core as Primate Labs Overhauls 2,500-Point Benchmark

1 articles · Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Aug 21

Summary

  • Honor Magic8 Pro moved to the top of Geekbench 7’s multi-core smartphone rankings, while Apple’s latest iPhones still led the new benchmark’s single-core results.
  • Primate Labs redesigned Geekbench 7 to better mirror real-world use, limiting multi-core scaling to workloads that actually benefit from multithreading and adding heavier AV1, Opus, Whisper, gaming, imaging and AI tests.
  • The benchmark now uses larger, more demanding datasets and keeps CPU scores normalized to a 2,500-point reference, making results more reflective of modern apps across phones, tablets and computers.
  • Geekbench 7 scores are not directly comparable with Geekbench 6 because workloads, procedures and the reference base changed, shifting some devices’ relative positions in the rankings.

Insights

With Geekbench 7 punishing synthetic tricks, will your current flagship phone's performance suddenly look obsolete under real-world testing?
If rankings now heavily depend on workload optimization, is the era of declaring a universal fastest processor finally over?