Evaluating Geekbench 6
… HTML5 Browser and Horizon Detection slot into the same category. Score Calculation Both Geekbench 6 and SPEC CPU2017 scores are given in speedup relative to a reference system. …
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Investigating Split Locks on x86-64
… The photo filter workload definitely suffers, but not to the same extent as Arrow Lake or AMD’s Zen 2 or Zen 5. What’s a Bus Lock, Really? The term “bus lock” dates back to early multiprocessor systems, which placed multiple CPUs on a shared bus. …
Evaluating SPEC CPU2026
… SPEC CPU2026’s integer suite displays a higher and tighter IPC distribution than SPEC CPU2017’s integer suite on both AMD’s Zen 5 and Intel’s Lion Cove. …
Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance
… In SPEC CPU2017, Cortex X925 achieves branch prediction accuracy roughly on par with AMD’s Zen 5 across most tests, and may even be slightly ahead. 505.mcf and 541.leela consistently challenge branch predictors, and X925 pulls ahead in both. Intel’s Lion Cove is a bit behind both Zen 5 and X925. …