How I normalize benchmark scores across chip generations (and why raw AnTuTu numbers lie)
Tags: #showdev #webdev #data #seo
The problem
Benchmark scores inflate over time. A top AnTuTu result in 2024 was around 2.4M points; in 2026 the leaders are pushing 4M. So a statement like "this phone scores 3.1M" is meaningless without context — is that flagship-level today, or last year's midrange?
It gets worse when you mix sources. AnTuTu measures the whole system, Geekbench isolates the CPU, 3DMark stresses the GPU, DxOMark rates cameras on a completely different scale. None of them are comparable to each other, and none are stable over time.
