The OnePlus 16 has appeared on Geekbench 7 with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, scoring 3,492 single-core and 11,950 multi-core points. However, it underperforms compared to Apple's A20 Pro in the iPhone 18 Pro Max, which exceeds 4,000 on single-core tests. The phone will feature 16GB RAM and Android 17.
An M6 Pro listing on Geekbench 7 showing superior performance to the M5 Max is likely fraudulent, according to Geekbench creator John Poole who identified internal inconsistencies. Apple is reportedly skipping the M6 Pro and M6 Max in favor of the M7 Pro and M7 Max, making the benchmark results suspect.
A Chinese content creator leaked an engineering prototype video of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, revealing its 2nm design, new CPU configuration, and Geekbench 6 scores. While the chipset shows strong multi-core performance, Apple's A20 Pro remains faster in single-core benchmarks. The prototype features a new Heat Pass Block for thermal management ahead of the Snapdragon Summit.
Apple Silicon chips (M2 through M5) achieved approximately 50% single-core performance improvement over three years, driven primarily by increased CPU frequency (3.5 to 4.6 GHz), higher instructions-per-cycle decode width, additional efficiency cores, and significantly improved memory bandwidth (154 GB/s on M5 versus 100 GB/s on M2). The newer M6 chip adds further performance gains through additional cores and bandwidth increases.
A Geekbench result claiming to show an unreleased M6 Pro chip's performance is likely fraudulent, according to Geekbench creator John Poole, who found internal inconsistencies. This aligns with earlier reports that Apple may skip M6 Pro and M6 Max chips entirely.
A Geekbench result purporting to show an unreleased M6 Pro chip's performance likely contains fabricated data, according to Geekbench creator John Poole, who identified internal inconsistencies. This aligns with previous reports that Apple plans to skip M6 Pro and M6 Max chips.
AMD achieved a 50% performance increase in its chips over two years through gradual improvements. The article examines this progression using Apple Silicon chips (M2 through M5) and Geekbench 6 benchmarks to illustrate the incremental performance gains.
Apple's M5 Ultra and M6 chips show significant GPU performance gains in early Geekbench 7 benchmarks, with the M5 Ultra achieving 59% higher Metal scores than the M3 Ultra and the M6 showing 34% improvement over the M5. New Mac Studio and Mac mini models featuring these chips launch Tuesday.
Geekbench benchmark results for Apple's M5 Ultra chip have leaked, showing significant GPU performance improvements. The automated verification process is currently running.
Apple's M5 Ultra chip achieved Geekbench 7 scores of 3,774 single-core and 52,516 multi-core, representing approximately 30-35% performance gains over the M3 Ultra and aligning with Apple's claimed 1.25-1.3× improvements. The new Mac Studio with M5 Ultra starts at $6,799 and launches September 22.