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maxwilkes92 Author

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Worryingly low (Geekbench) benchmark score on iPhone 12 Pro Max (iOS 14.5.1)

I recently did a Geekbench CPU test on my iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 14.5.1 and the scores are worringly low...(lower even than the average for an iPhone XS Max)...

I have disabled low power mode by the way (even when my battery is low it doesn't use low power mode)...and I even tried restarting my phone and retesting...but the scores won't budge...

I got a 1283 Single-Core Score (compared to the average of 1591)

And I got a 2364 Multi-Core Score (compared to the average of 4106).

To put it into perspective...the average Multi-Core score for an iPhone XS Max is 2450 and I'm getting 2364 on an iPhone 12 Pro Max. That is very worrying to say the least!

And the iPhone SE (2nd Generation) gets a 1322 Single-Core average while I only got a 1283 Single-Core score on an iPhone 12 Pro Max! Again, that is very worrying.

Any idea why this is? I have run the test 4 times now...no change in the scores (give or take 20 points).

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on May 5, 2021 3:53 PM

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maxwilkes92 Author

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Posted on May 13, 2021 9:16 AM

They’re not useless they’re incredibly accurate and used by a lot of tech reviewers and diagnostics alike. High end games, for example Call of Duty mobile were experiencing severe frame drops. In addition, a separate benchmark utility called Antutu runs games as part of its test and every single one was stuttering…not surprisingly the test results for that came back at less than half what they should just like Geekbench. The way I fixed it was by doing a full factory reset and not restoring from back up. Now performance and benchmarks are not only back to normal but are now above average.

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LD150

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May 16, 2021 2:52 AM in response to Polliem

Quit over analysing and enjoy the phone.

May 16, 2021 6:23 PM in response to Marcelo Henrique Almeida

My iPhone 7 is fine plugged in, practically unusable when on battery. Something is wrong with 14.5.1.

LD150

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May 19, 2021 6:02 AM in response to loughrey101

The security vuln was already being exploited, but unless you know more, they will have patched the 14.5 not the beta.

The third level releases do not usually go to beta

LD150

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May 19, 2021 6:07 AM in response to LD150

just for comparison I ran the Geekbench on my iphone 7 on 14.5.1 with just under average or better than average results on CPU and calculate . On charge they were worse not better.

LD150

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May 19, 2021 10:24 AM in response to loughrey101

To clarify the reasin some people have different results with identical software on identical hardware is the “other stuff” - apps and settings and cloud status.