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Geekbench says enabling Intel BOT paints an 'unrealistic picture' of CPU performance and makes Intel chips seem faster versus the AMD competition 'than they would be in typical, real-world usage'
Primate Labs, the developer of the Geekbench benchmark tool, has stated that Intel's BOT software provides an unrealistic picture of CPU performance. They argue that BOT only supports a limited number of applications, leading to benchmark results that make Intel processors appear faster than they would in typical real-world usage. Additionally, Primate Labs observed a significant startup delay when running Geekbench with BOT enabled.
Geekbench warns that Intel's BOT tool for the new Arrow Lake Plus CPUs generates results that 'aren't…
Primate Labs, the developer of Geekbench, will now attach a warning to benchmark results generated by Intel's new Arrow Lake Plus and Panther Lake CPUs using Intel's Binary Optimization Tool (BOT). The company states that while BOT can boost scores by up to 8% and individual workloads by 40%, these results are not comparable to standard runs and may not be trustworthy. This move aims to maintain the integrity of benchmark scores reported on the Geekbench Browser.