SPEC Notes
Below, ordered by time with the most recent items first, are listings of SPEC’s old home page announcements.
Announcements by year: 2026 ▪ 2025 ▪ 2024 ▪ 2023 ▪ 2022 ▪ 2021 ▪ 2020 and earlier ▪
SPEC International Standards Group Formed
2022-10-25 SPEC formally announced the formation of the International Standards Group (ISG) to collaborate with international stakeholders to develop and enhance standardized server, client and datacenter benchmarks for use primarily in government regulations and compliance programs related to energy use and sustainability.
SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 Benchmark Released
2022-10-18 The SPECapc® project group has released the SPECapc® for Solidworks 2022 benchmark. The updated benchmark offers application performance measurement for workstations running Dassault Systèmes Solidworks 2022, the latest version of the CAD/CAM application.
SPECviewperf® 2020 V3.1 Benchmark Released
2022-09-04 The SPECgpc® project group has released the SPECViewperf® 2020 v3.1 benchmark The worldwide standard for measuring graphics performance based on professional applications, the SPECviewperf 2020 benchmark measures the 3D graphics performance of systems running under the OpenGL and DirectX application programming interfaces.
Latest Blog Updates
2022-06-14 Check out the latest updates in the SPEC blog, including the new SPECviewperf® 2020 V3.0 benchmark with Linux support and a look at what’s ahead for SPEC.
SPEChpc® 2021 V1.1 Released and SPEChpc Weak Scaling Benchmark Search Program Announced
2022-07-14 SPEC’s High Performance Group announces the availability of the SPEChpc® 2021 V1.1 benchmark, an incremental update to V1.0, and the SPEChpc® Weak Scaling search program to find candidate benchmarks for an upcoming complimentary weak scaling suite. You can read more about the updated SPEChpc 2021 benchmark and the search program in the SPEC blog.
SPEC 2022 Achievement Awards
2022-04-11 SPEC has announced the winners of the 2022 SPEC Achievement Awards.
SPECapc for 3ds Max 2020 Benchmark Released
2022-03-22 The SPECapc® project group releases the new SPECapc® for 3ds Max 2020 benchmark for workstations running Autodesk 3ds Max 2020. The new benchmark replaces the SPECapc® for 3ds Max 2015 benchmark and includes 43 tests for comprehensive measurement of CPU and GPU performance with modeling, interactive graphics and visual effects.