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Intel's Binary Optimization Tool may be cheating on Geekbench 6

a month ago

Intel released the Binary Optimization Tool to improve executable performance, but its techniques are not publicly documented.
The tool supports only a few applications, including Geekbench 6, with performance boosts up to 40% in some workloads and 8% overall.
Results modified by the tool are not comparable to unmodified results, and detection of its use is currently impossible.
Geekbench Browser will display a warning on results from CPUs supporting the tool to indicate potential invalidity.
The tool supports a limited number of Intel CPUs, and Primate Labs will update warnings as Intel's supported CPU list changes.