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SPEC CPU Benchmark Suites

Current Benchmarks

SPEC CPU 2017
The latest version of SPEC's popular processor performance tests, released in June 2017.

Retired Benchmarks

SPEC CPU 2006
The previous generation of the processor performance tests.

SPEC CPU 2000
The previous release of SPEC's popular processor performance tests; retired in February 2007.

SPEC CPU 95
Obsoleted with the release of CPU 2000 in December 1999.

SPEC CPU 92
Obsoleted with the release of CPU 95 in August 1995.

SPECmark aka SPEC CPU 89
Predecessor to the CPU 92 suites, now long obsolete.

Historical perspective: IEEE celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Microprocessor in the November/December 2021 issue of IEEE Micro. One of the articles in the issue proviedes historical persective on performance by using the 30-year-old original SPECmark with a year 2021 CPU chip. See
J. L. Henning, "How Many VAXes Fit in the Palms of Your Hands?," in IEEE Micro, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 140-143, 1 Nov.-Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1109/MM.2021.3112911.
The article is available from IEEE, or you can access the author's pre-publication copy and the companion video.