Coremark

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CoreMark is a processor benchmark used to evaluate CPU core performance in multiple RISC-V and ASIC design works, including a RISC-V CPU verification thesis, a CVA6 superscalar performance study, and the KASIRGA-KIZIL TEKNOFEST 2023 chip design. The name is also shared by an unrelated text-watermarking framework, which must be distinguished from the benchmark.

First seen 5/27/2026

Last seen 6/14/2026

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CoreMark is a benchmark used to evaluate processor performance. In the available evidence, it appears in at least three distinct RISC-V / digital-processor design works: (1) a UVM-based RISC-V CPU core verification thesis, (2) a CVA6 RISC-V superscalar performance-modeling paper, and (3) the KASIRGA-KIZIL processor project from TEKNOFEST 2023. The same spelling is also used by an unrelated text-watermarking framework, which is a separate concept and should not be conflated with the benchmark.

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UVM Based Design Verification of a RISC-V CPU Core ← evaluates 95% 1e

The paper evaluates the RISC-V core using the Coremark benchmark.

Benchmarks part of → 95% 1e

Coremark is one of the benchmarks used in the evaluation.

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[1] CoreMark appears as subsection 5.3.2 in the Benchmarks section of Chapter 5 (Experimental evaluation) of the Politecnico di Milano RISC-V CPU core verification thesis, alongside Dhrystone as 5.3.1. UVM based design verification of a RISC-V CPU core

[2] A performance model of CVA6 RISC-V processor has accuracy 99.2% on CoreMark, and an implemented superscalar feature yielded 40% CVA6 performance improvement on CoreMark. Using a Performance Model to Implement a Superscalar CVA6

[3] The KASIRGA-KIZIL processor project (TEKNOFEST 2023 Çip Tasarım Yarışması, Sayısal İşlemci Kategorisi first place) includes a CoreMark comparison chart as one of its documented processor performance results. KASIRGA-KIZIL/tekno-kizil

[4] An unrelated framework also named CoreMark is a text-watermarking technique that embeds data via consecutively aligned black pixel segments (COREs) by modifying character thickness. CoreMark: Toward Robust and Universal Text Watermarking Technique