Benchmark

Based on initial Geekbench scores, it appears that Apple's cheapest iPhone (the iPhone 17e) is faster than its cheapest laptop, the MacBook Neo. Per Geekbench 6, the iPhone 17e outscores the MacBook Neo by roughly 6% in both single- and multi-core benchmarks.

Real-world benchmarks for Apple's M5 Max and Pro SoCs have started appearing, and the results sure do look promising. Interestingly, the improvements indicated by Geekbench AI are rather disappointing, likely due to lack of optimization.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is expected to arrive soon, taking the place of the Core Ultra 5 245K. With four additional efficiency cores and higher turbo clocks, the 250K Plus appears ready to cement its position as a powerful productivity machine.

Apple's M5 Pro GPU has arrived on Geekbench, revealing promising performance improvements over its predecessors. The OpenCL performance continues to be quite disappointing, however, with the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU pulling well ahead in the test.

The Apple M5 Max’s Geekbench debut is nothing short of impressive. It punches above its weight class and even trades blows with the much more powerful M3 Ultra.

Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem is already being pushed beyond its intended platforms. A new test shows the PC version running on an Android flagship through PC emulation, delivering surprisingly strong performance in certain scenes.

Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem has no official macOS version yet, but new testing suggests the game can already run on Apple silicon Macs. A recent video shows promising performance on newer chips, while older Apple silicon machines appear to struggle.

AnTuTu's latest Android performance leaderboard has some interesting entries. The Honor MagicPad 3 Pro, being the only Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 tablet on the list, takes top spot, but in third place sits an Intel-powered tablet—the H3C MegaBook.

The OnePlus 15T is an upcoming flagship smartphone with a compact form factor. It is expected to maintain the performance-centric approach of the standard OnePlus 15. The 15T has now appeared on AnTuTu, revealing its performance capabilities.

Resident Evil Requiem has already set new Steam records and now turns attention to its performance on Linux. A recent benchmark comparison between Windows 11 and Linux CachyOS takes a closer look at how the game performs across multiple settings.

The RedMagic 11 Pro+ has been topping the recent monthly flagship performance charts from AnTuTu, but in the latest one, the gaming phone has come second. A new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 smartphone has overtaken it.

The Motorola Razr Fold is the company's flagship foldable smartphone. The company is yet to reveal key details of the phone, including its pricing and launch date. However, a Geekbench listing has now revealed its performance details.

Samsung adopts both the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy and its own Exynos 2600 on the Galaxy S26 series. Both chipsets have now been put through early benchmarks right after launch.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra will launch officially in a few days but has now been benchmarked in a hands-on review ahead of that. The flagship phone is powered by a slightly overclocked variant of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

Intel Arc B580 and Arc A770 have been tested with XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation. Using 4x MFG, the Intel Arc B580 and Arc A770 show strong performance gains, achieving over 200% better FPS in some games. Intel has also reportedly done a good job with managing latency through XeLL.

The Vivo X200 FE was released as a compact camera-centric smartphone in July 2025. Now, the Vivo X300 FE is expected to be on the cards. Ahead of the launch, the X300 FE has surfaced on Geekbench, revealing its performance capabilities.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 series is set to be unveiled on February 25, 2026. Right ahead of the launch, a benchmark comparison between the Exynos 2600-powered S26 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-equipped S26 Ultra has emerged.

MSI’s $5,090 RTX 5090 Lightning Z was built for extreme overclocking — and it delivered, breaking a Geekbench 5 world record at over 1,000W and 3.5 GHz under liquid nitrogen. But an aggressive 2,500W XOC BIOS and a sudden thermal imbalance ultimately cracked one GPU core, turning a record attempt into a costly casualty.

Tomb Raider is set to launch on iPhone and iPad on February 12, 2026, continuing the recent wave of AAA titles arriving on Apple devices. Early performance testing suggests the port includes multiple graphical presets and optimisation options, with performance and visual quality varying depending on device generation.

According to a recently discovered Geekbench 6 listing, the upcoming Core Ultra 5 250K appears to pack a modest improvement over its predecessor in single-core performance. The CPU's multi-core performance, as per the early benchmark run, however, is rather disappointing.

Hardware Canucks has tested the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite, and the resulting performance is quite impressive. Not only has Qualcomm reportedly managed to increase multi-core performance by quite a large margin, but the Snapdragon X2 Elite is also much faster in gaming.

The Vivo V70 Elite is an upcoming smartphone confirmed to feature a Zeiss camera setup. The device has now surfaced on Geekbench, revealing the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 along with 12GB of RAM.

AnTuTu has shared the list of flagship phones with the highest average benchmark scores from January 2026. Out of the 10 smartphones in the chart, eight are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and RedMagic 11 Pro+ secured the first spot.

The global model of the Xiaomi Pad 8 has surfaced in a Geekbench listing, marking a step closer to its launch. The listing reveals the tablet is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor and delivers notable performance improvement over its predecessor.

The latest Windows 11 update, Windows 11 25H2, finally eliminates the gaming performance gap with Windows 10. According to testing done by Hardware Unboxed, Windows 11 25H2 is now faster than Windows 10 in games.

Minisforum’s X1 Lite enters the mini PC segment as a performance-focused system that prioritises higher power limits. In a recent video, ETA Prime put the device through a series of gaming and thermal tests to evaluate how it behaves under real-world workloads and how far its integrated graphics can be pushed.

iQoo's next global release, the iQoo 15R, has appeared on Geekbench, confirming its chipset. The device is expected to be a rebranded version of the iQoo Z11 Turbo, which launched in China in January.

As revealed by recent Passmark listings, the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H "Panther Lake" CPU appears to maintain a 10% lead over its predecessor in multithreaded tests, despite trading two P-cores for E-cores. The chip also maintained its lead over the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, which also debuted at CES 2026.

The OnePlus Nord 6 is gearing up for its international debut, with benchmark results now providing the first glimpse at its performance capabilities. A Geekbench listing confirms the device will feature the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and run the newest Android version.

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D was the first-ever AMD CPU with the 3D V-Cache technology. Over the years, the 3D V-Cache-equipped Ryzen CPUs have proven to be the fastest gaming processors. Despite being nearly four years old, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, thanks to the 3D V-Cache, can still hang with the best gaming CPUs of today.

A third-party mod that disables DLC checking on Monster Hunter Wilds reportedly grants higher PC performance, going from average 25 FPS to averaging above 50 FPS on the same PC, and the same performance is possible without mods by simply owning all the DLC in what seems like a bug but could also be intentional.

Linux-based gaming platforms such as SteamOS continue to gain attention as alternatives to Windows. To explore how they compare in real-world use, YouTuber ETA Prime tested an all-AMD desktop PC running both Windows 11 Pro and SteamOS, examining gaming performance across several titles.

Just like the previous month, the RedMagic 11 Pro+ has topped the December 2025 flagship performance charts. This Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 gaming phone has a notable edge over the competition, and only two Dimensity 9500 mdoels made it to the latest ranking.

Intel Panther Lake promises a massive leap forward in terms of efficiency and iGPU performance. Our gaming benchmarks now provide first insights into how the brand-new Arc B390 iGPU stacks up against the AMD Radeon 890M, Ryzen Strix Halo and against dedicated Nvidia GPUs.

Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake platform has now appeared in early gaming tests, offering a first glimpse at its integrated graphics performance. A hands-on video from a popular YouTuber shows a Core Ultra X9 388H running inside a Lenovo reference laptop, with several AAA PC games tested at 1200p. The results provide an early indication of what Panther Lake could deliver in future laptops.

A new review of the Anbernic RG477V by a seasoned hardware tester explains why paying extra for more memory may not translate into better real-world emulation for the use cases most buyers are likely targeting.

A new Honor device has now debuted on Geekbench seemingly powered by a new chipset. The device in question is said to be the Honor Power 2, with the chipset onboard being MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity 8500.

OnePlus is working on the first phone from its Turbo series, and recent Geekbench listings have suggested that it won’t be a flagship smartphone. Now, the smartphone has been spotted on AnTuTu with a rather impressive score.

Where Winds Meet Mobile has been tested on the iPhone 17 Pro Max, RedMagic 11 Pro, and Apple’s M5-powered iPad Pro in a recent performance comparison by YouTube channel Dame Tech. While all three devices aim for 60 FPS, the test reveals notable differences in optimisation, resolution handling, and gameplay stability across iOS, Android, and iPadOS.

A recent benchmark listing has once again shed light on the expected performance improvements of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh desktop CPUs. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, to be precise, will boast 4 additional efficiency cores for a marginal improvement in multi-core performance.

So far, Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 has only been featured on the OnePlus Ace 6T. That phone has now been put through the usual CPU and GPU benchmarks, to see how its chipset performs in comparison to last year's Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Minisforum’s MS-02 Ultra introduces a larger chassis, stronger expandability and support for high-end components. Early independent testing explores how the system performs with a dedicated GPU installed, highlighting both its compact design advantages and a few notable behavioural changes under load.

Red Dead Redemption has launched on mobile platforms, and early testing by a popular YouTuber shows notable performance differences across Apple devices. iPhones and iPads vary widely in frame rates and visual quality. Here’s a closer look at how the game runs on Apple hardware.

Fresh benchmarks reveal that Intel’s Core Ultra 200S CPUs have meaningfully improved since release, gaining performance while using less power. The results highlight how microcode, kernel, and compiler optimizations can breathe new life into existing silicon.

As more Windows critics install Bazzite on their gaming PCs, they are enjoying top-end performance. In new GPU benchmarks, Gamers Nexus confirmed that high frame rates are achievable on the Linux OS. Still, Nvidia graphics cards suffered from uneven scores compared to their AMD counterparts.

Samsung seems ready to revive the Galaxy A7x line, as a surprising Galaxy A77 just surfaced on Geekbench. The listing confirms a new deca-core SoC packing the powerful Xclipse 940 GPU from the Exynos 2400 chip and more.

Gaming on macOS is gaining momentum with more releases of AAA-titles. Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin's Creed Shadows are two of these titles and they feature an integrated benchmark. This gives us the chance to compare the gaming performance as well as efficiency of the M4 Max with Windows devices.

The OnePlus Ace 6T is set for an imminent launch, confirmed by a new Geekbench listing. It is poised to be the world’s first phone with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip. The listing reveals high raw scores, setting the stage for a powerful, yet affordable, flagship experience.

A popular YouTube channel has attempted to recreate the Steam Machine’s expected behaviour by building a compact PC configured to mimic Valve’s leaked CPU, GPU and power limits. Their goal is to test claims such as 4K 60 FPS gaming and higher-end emulation support.