Ax Performance Test vs Geekbench AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ax Performance Test
This app measures your device's CPU and GPU performance by dropping cubes until a target frame rate is reached. It calculates a total score based on cube count and polygons rendered per second, displaying detailed performance metrics.
- CPU performance measurement
- GPU performance measurement
- Rigid body physics simulation
- Visible polygons per second display
- Total performance score calculation
- GPU chip leaderboards
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Simple non-deterministic cube performance test. Measures CPU and GPU performance. Drops cubes until the frame rate averages less than 60. Cubes stack and tumble following rigid body physics properties. CPU performance is measured via physics performance and GPU is measured via the number of cubes your device can render. Displays visible polygons per second. A total score is calculated based on the number of cubes times the polygons per second. Leaderboards for each individual GPU chip.
Geekbench AI
Measure the machine learning capabilities of your Apple device. It includes tests for vision and language tasks, evaluating the performance of your CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.
- Machine learning performance tests
- Vision and language tasks
- CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine evaluation
- iPhone, iPad, and iPod support
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Find out how fast your iPhone, iPad, or iPod can perform machine learning tasks with Geekbench AI. Geekbench AI includes both vision and language tests that model real-world machine learning tasks and applications. The tests measure the machine learning performance of your device's CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ax Performance Test at 5.0 against Geekbench AI's 4.2. Ax Performance Test also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Geekbench AI's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ax Performance Test holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geekbench AI has 33 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ax Performance Test ships an update every 3 weeks, Geekbench AI every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ax Performance Test | Geekbench AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 476 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | Primate Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Ax Performance Test
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In-app purchases
Ax Performance Test
No in-app purchases
Geekbench AI
No in-app purchases
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