Primate Labs released @geekbench 7 today. It brings new media and game physics workloads, heavier data sets, and a rebuilt multi-core methodology that only runs a test multi-threaded if the real application it models actually is. Our @Signal_65 team ran it alongside Geekbench 6.7.1 on four current laptops from Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, and Apple to see what changes in practice. Key findings from our testing: ➡️ Single-core scores fall on every system, from about 9% on the Ryzen AI 9 465 to roughly 15% on the Snapdragon X2 Elite. Geekbench 7 is recalibrated against a 2,500 baseline, so GB6 and GB7 scores are not directly comparable ➡️ The multi-core redesign favors higher core counts. The Snapdragon X2 Elite gained almost 16%, from 19,764 to 22,871, while the Core Ultra X9 388H was the only system to lose ground ➡️ The Apple M5 remains the single-core leader, but the Snapdragon converts a 12% single-core deficit into a multi-core lead of nearly 30% ➡️ On-battery performance splits along architecture lines. The Qualcomm systems hold their scores unplugged while the Core Ultra X9 gives up close to 16% single-core and the Ryzen AI 9 sheds 23% With one platform per CPU, these are early results rather than a verdict on the architectures. More testing to come. Full analysis: signal65.com/research/geekbe…