https://wccftech.com/oneplus-9-pro-caught-cheating-banned-from-geekbench/

Smartphone makers use different tactics in an attempt to convince various customer bases that their offerings are miles better than the competition. This will include mocking a feature of a rival smartphone, or lack thereof, or in OnePlus’ case, manipulating benchmarks. According to the latest analysis, both the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro were caught cheating and have been banned from Geekbench as a result.

When Anandtech ran a browser-based benchmark called Speedometer 2.0 on the OnePlus 9 Pro, it managed a score of 61.5, which is lower compared to flagships featuring the same Snapdragon 888. The conclusion made was that the Cortex-X1 core was not being at all. Instead, the load was being handled by the three Cortex-A78 cores. When running the benchmark a third time, the Cortex-A55 cores were stressed, resulting in a horrendous score of 16.8.