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Industry group invalidates 2,600 official Intel CPU benchmarks — SPEC says the company's compiler used unfair optimizations to boost performance (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 years ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

This is like the nerd equivalent of doping...

[–] rem26_art@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

isn't this basically what Volkswagen did with their Diesel engines to make their emissions look better?

[–] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

VW had a trigger in their software that would make the engines more efficient if they sensed they were being tested. Chip speed isnt indepedently tested so Intel just rigged the test.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Yup, exactly what I thought seeing the title; they pulled a VW…

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am shocked, shocked to find that optimization is going on in here.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Sir, your Intel bribe payments...

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Can't wait for the UseBenchmark article claiming this is an AMD conspiracy