Ranking of multi-core processors by Geekbench score performance worldwide 2025

As of July 2025, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz (16 cores) processor achieved the best average multi-core performance with a score of 22,545 from Geekbench benchmarking tests. Of the ten highest-scoring processors for multi-core performance, Intel accounted for five processors, and AMD also had five processors featured. 

What does Geekbench measure?

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.

Multi-core scores for multitasking CPUs

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.