Geekbench Founder Doubts Authenticity of Purported Apple M6 Pro Benchmark

In September 2026, a benchmark result said to belong to Apple's unreleased M6 Pro chip appeared in the Geekbench database, but the score has been called into question as possibly fabricated. John Poole, founder of Geekbench, told MacRumors that he found "internal inconsistencies" in the M6 Pro result and considered it likely inaccurate.

Poole said the test result had appeared in the Geekbench database, but there was currently no evidence that it actually came from Apple's unannounced M6 Pro chip. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple plans to skip both M6 Pro and M6 Max and move directly to the M7 series, adding further doubt to the authenticity of the purported M6 Pro benchmark.