SPECwpc Releases SPECworkstation Benchmark Update New version improves work partitioning; adds vectorization support; expands next-gen GPU support GAINESVILLE, Va., March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The SPEC Workstation Performance Characterization (SPECwpc) group has released an updated version of its SPECworkstation benchmark, which measures all key aspects of workstation performance based on diverse professional applications. The new SPECworkstation 3.1 benchmark includes more than 30 workloads containing nearly 140 tests that exercise CPU, graphics, I/O and memory bandwidth. The updates in version 3.1 offer significant improvements in how workloads partition and distribute threads across multi-core CPUs, expand support for next generation GPUs, and add features such as vectorization that leverage advanced CPU hardware to accelerate performance.