Geekbench Bans Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 For Manipulating Benchmark Results
Popular benchmarking tool Geekbench has banned Samsung's new Galaxy Tab S8 series from its database following allegations of manipulation. The news comes a week after the Galaxy S22-series was permanently delisted from the benchmarking index over the same controversy. Benchmark manipulation is an old trick that other companies have also been accused of in the past, but Samsung's latest smartphones and tablets have been caught red-handed and Geekbench has been quick to take a stance on the issue.
Geekbench is a cross-platform CPU benchmarking tool for computers, smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. It was initially only available for Windows and Mac before being expanded to include Android, iOS and iPadOS. It is also available for Linux computers. It is one of the most popular smartphone benchmarking tools, and being banned is terrible news for Samsung's latest devices.
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Geekbench on Monday announced it is permanently delisting the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, the Tab S8 Plus and the Tab S8 Ultra from its benchmark rankings. The decision followed an Android Police report claiming the new Galaxy Tab S8 devices throttled Geekbench performance when it was disguised as the popular game Genshin Impact. However, when the Geekbench app was run, as usual, it wasn't throttled and could notch up much higher scores both in the single-core and multi-core tests.
According to the report, the Tab S8 Ultra could notch up only 925 points in the single-core test and 2709 in the multi-core test when the Geekbench app was run as a Genshin Impact package. However, when the app was run without any modification to the package, both scores were significantly higher, at
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