Replies to post #3316 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[gollem]

True but official benchmarks can't be hacked. They must run straight compiled code.

That seems to be an unnecessary requirement in this case. Surely you can't be blamed for running code optimized for your competitor?

[Haddock]

"True but official benchmarks can't be hacked. They must run straight compiled code"

Cross compilation is allowed on SPECcpu, and I think that applies to most other benchmarks too:

http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/docs/runrules.html#toc_2.0.6