EEMBC

EEMBC, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, is a nonprofit organization that develops standardized benchmarks for embedded systems. Its benchmarks are designed to provide fair, portable methods for evaluating the performance of processors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, and systems-on-chip across diverse toolchains and compilers.

Founded by leading companies in semiconductor and embedded electronics, EEMBC aims to enable objective performance comparisons and drive improvements in embedded hardware and software. The organization maintains benchmark suites and a formal measurement methodology that specifies test configurations, execution rules, and result certification.

Its best-known product is CoreMark, a compact CPU core benchmark used widely to compare processor performance independent of memory hierarchy. In addition, EEMBC develops application-oriented workloads that cover domains such as multimedia, networking, automotive, and consumer electronics, to reflect real-world use cases. Benchmarks include reference implementations and guidelines to ensure reproducibility and portability.

Benchmark results are typically produced by member companies or vendors who submit figures to EEMBC for certification and publication. The organization provides licensing, documentation, and tools to run the tests, and it maintains a public archive of certified results to support comparison.

Impact and notes: EEMBC benchmarks are widely used by semiconductor vendors, OEMs, and researchers to compare performance across platforms and to support product marketing and technical evaluation. Because results depend on compiler flags, toolchains, and energy settings, EEMBC emphasizes standardized configurations and transparent reporting.