HomerJ
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came across this
SPEC has effectively invalidated more than two thousand SPEC CPU 2017 benchmark submissions after it was discovered the Intel oneAPI DPC++ compiler was effectively "cheating" per their standards with a targeted optimization.
Multiple folks have written in today about a number of SPEC CPU submissions now carrying this compiler notice:
Industry group invalidates 2,600 official Intel CPU benchmarks — SPEC says the company's compiler used unfair optimizations to boost performance
It mostly affects Sapphire Rapids benchmarks.
www.tomshardware.com
Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results
SPEC says Intel's Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.
www.pcworld.com
SPEC has effectively invalidated more than two thousand SPEC CPU 2017 benchmark submissions after it was discovered the Intel oneAPI DPC++ compiler was effectively "cheating" per their standards with a targeted optimization.
Multiple folks have written in today about a number of SPEC CPU submissions now carrying this compiler notice: