As of November 2024, the Intel Core i9-13900KS processor achieved the best average multi-core performance with a score of 21,722 from Geekbench benchmarking tests. Of the ten highest-scoring processors for multi-core performance, Intel accounted for seven processors, whilst AMD had only 3 processors featured.
Regarded by developers, testers, and standard users alike as one of the most comprehensive and trusted tools available on the market, Geekbench is a cross-platform benchmark platform. Developed by Primate Labs, Geekbench offers comparative data for central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units, Android devices, iOS devices, and Mac devices, as well as machine learning activities.
Geekbench offers a single-core and multi-core benchmark to differentiate the performance of the CPU for a single process usage - for example, browsing and some games which are lightly threaded, where other processes need not be running - versus using the CPU for multiple tasks where multiple cores are utilized. Multi-core scores offered by Geekbench better represent the capabilities of CPUs that provide better performance for multitasking with enhanced power efficiency.