SPEC Cloud Computing Benchmark Suites

Current Benchmarks

SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2018: The SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 benchmark is targeted at cloud providers, cloud consumers, hardware vendors, virtualization software vendors, application software vendors, and academic researchers. It addresses the performance of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud platforms, either public or private.

SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2016: The SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2016 benchmark was retired in March 2019 and replaced by the SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2018 benchmark. It is still available for purchase but no additional result submissions are being accepted and support is no longer offered.