BAPCo consortium

BAPCo, Business Applications Performance Corporation, is a non-profit consortium (founded in 1991) with a charter to develop and distribute a set of objective performance benchmarks for personal computers based on popular software applications and operating systems.

BAPCo's current membership includes Acer, ARCIntuition, ChinaByte, CNET, Compal Electronics, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Intel, Inventec, LC Future Center, Lenovo, Microsoft, Pegatron, Quanta Computer, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Western Digital, Wistron and Zol.

On June 21, 2011 AMD announced it had resigned from the BAPCo organization after failing to endorse the SYSmark 2012 Benchmark[1]. Nvidia and VIA also left, only weeks later.[2]

Products

Benchmarks from BAPCo include:

  • APPmark® 2018
  • MobileMark® 2018
  • SYSmark® 2018
  • TabletMark® 2017
  • SYSmark® 2014 SE
  • SYSmark® 2014 (version 1.5)
  • MobileMark® 2014 (version 1.5)

Controversy

BAPco has suffered criticism for bias in its benchmarking products. It was found in 2002 that Intel was the sole contributor to a series of CPU tests, tests which heavily favoured their own CPU's vs competitors, where the tests of the year before performed significantly better on non-Intel parts[3]. Intel was investigated by the FTC, and eventually fined for this action, among other anti-competitive measures[4].

See also

References
  1. "AMD Will Not Endorse SYSmark 2012 Benchmark". AMD. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  2. "Nvidia, AMD, and VIA quit BAPCO over SYSmark 2012". SemiAccurate. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  3. "AMD: Chip test was altered to favor Intel". CNET. 2002-08-30. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  4. Smith, Ryan. "Intel Settles With the FTC". Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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