CPUintensiv
CPUintensiv is an open-source framework and benchmark suite intended to measure and compare CPU-intensive workloads across hardware platforms and operating environments. It provides a curated set of workloads designed to stress the CPU core, including integer arithmetic, floating-point computation, cryptographic primitives, data compression, and synthetic kernels that target instruction pipelines, caches, and branch predictors. The goal is to yield portable, repeatable benchmarks that help compare processors, compilers, and system configurations.
Origin and development: CPUintensiv was initiated by a consortium of researchers and industry practitioners in the
Architecture and features: The suite is modular and extensible via plugins. Core tests can be executed under
Applications and limitations: CPUintensiv is used by hardware vendors, data centers, researchers, and educators to compare
See also: CPU benchmarking, performance profiling, microarchitecture.