SPECintbase2006

SPECintbase2006 is a benchmark suite developed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). It is designed to measure the integer performance of computer systems, focusing on compute-intensive workloads that are representative of real-world applications. The suite comprises a collection of C and Fortran programs that exercise various aspects of a processor's integer execution capabilities, including arithmetic, logic, and memory operations.

The SPECintbase2006 benchmark consists of several individual benchmarks, each targeting different computational patterns. These include tasks such as code compilation, compression, data compression, mathematical simulations, and parsing. The primary goal is to provide a single, comparable number that reflects a system's ability to execute a balanced set of integer-based operations.

Results from SPECintbase2006 are reported as a SPECint_base2006 ratio. This ratio compares the performance of the system under test against a baseline reference machine. A higher ratio indicates better performance. The benchmark is widely used by hardware manufacturers, system vendors, and researchers to evaluate and compare the integer performance of CPUs, memory subsystems, and compilers. It is a key metric in understanding the computational power of a system for tasks that do not rely heavily on floating-point calculations.