When comparing two CPU architectures, the SPEC CPU Benchmark is widely used in practice. Interestingly, SPEC CPU 2006 (now we have SPEC CPU 2017 as well) consists of 12 integer benchmark and 17 floating-point benchmark. Explain why we should measure performance across many applications. Why is it not sufficient to just compare the execution time of a single application?

5. [10 points] When comparing two CPU architectures, the SPEC CPU Benchmark is widely used in practice. Interestingly, SPEC CPU 2006 (now we have SPEC CPU 2017 as well) consists of 12 integer benchmark and 17 floating-point benchmark. Explain why we should measure performance across many applications. Why is it not sufficient to just compare the execution time of a single application? 5. [10 points] When comparing two CPU architectures, the SPEC CPU Benchmark is widely used in practice. Interestingly, SPEC CPU 2006 (now we have SPEC CPU 2017 as well) consists of 12 integer benchmark and 17 floating-point benchmark. Explain why we should measure performance across many applications. Why is it not sufficient to just compare the execution time of a single application