Geekbench

Geekbench is a freely distributed, yet /commercial and cross-platform command-line software designed to act as a benchmark utility for testing the overall performance of your GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X operating systems.

Features at a glance

Geekbench is engineered in such a way that it will measure the performance of a computer determining if it will handle your tasks and applications. It is multi-core aware. The latest version always features new tests, which are greatly designed to simulate real-world scenarios, as well as stress tests, which can help you determine the stability of your system.

Integer tests

The software includes a wide range of integer tests, among which we can mention AES, Twofish, SHA1, SHA2, BZip2 compress, BZip2 decompress, JPEG compress, JPEG decompress, PNG compress, PNG decompress, Sobel, Lua and Dijkstra.

Supports floating point and memory tests

Additionally, the application will run several floating point and memory tests, including BlackScholes, Mandelbrot, Sharpen Filter, Blur Filter, SGEMM, DGEMM, SFFT, DFFT, N-Body, Ray Trace, Stream Copy, Stream Scale, Stream Add and Stream Triad.

Supported operating systems

Being designed from the ground up as a cross-platform software, Geekbench officially supports all GNU/Linux distributions, as well as the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Please note that an active Internet connection is required for all tests.

Availability and pricing

The program is distributed as a single gz archive that contains three pre-built binaries, one for the 32-bit (x86) instruction set architecture, one for 64-bit (x86_64) hardware platforms, and a universal one that automatically detects your computer’s arch.

Geekbench is distributed as a Pro version that costs 99.99 USD (80 EUR), as well as a standard edition that costs 14.99 USD (12 EUR). Please note that the free version runs only in tryout mode, and 64-bit tests are not available.

What is new in this release:

• Improve the design and functionality of the in-app comparison charts.
• Update comparison chart results for CPU, Compute, and Battery Benchmarks.
• Fix an issue that prevented keyboard shortcuts from working on Windows.
• Improve error handling for Compute Benchmark command-line switches.

What is new in version :

• Added support for the Mac Pro (Late 2013).
• Added the ability to export benchmark results to XML.

What is new in version 3.1.3:

• Added support for the iMac (Late 2013) and the MacBook Pro (Late 2013).
• Added support for the latest Android and iOS devices.
• Stress test now works as expected and uses approximately 100% of processor resources.
• Processor information is now more accurate on Android devices with an Intel processor.
• Fixed an issue where Geekbench mistook the Nexus 7 (2013) for the Nexus 7 (2012).
• Fixed an issue where standalone mode did not work on OS X.
• Fixed an issue where 64-bit iOS devices were reported as 32-bit iOS devices.
• Fixed an issue where processor frequency could be misreported on Linux.

What is new in version 2.1.13:

• Added support for MacBook Pro (Early 2011).
• Fixed conflicts with Geekbench from the Mac App Store.

What is new in version 2.1.2:

• added support for MacBook (Early 2009) and MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)
• fixed a bug where PowerPC 64-bit results were flagged as invalid
• fixed a bug where "threads" and "cores" labels were swapped in the results view