TPC Transaction Processing Performance Council
Computer Hardware ManufacturingCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) is a small non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, focused on developing data-centric benchmark standards and disseminating objective, verifiable performance data to the hardware industry. Its work provides vendor-neutral benchmarks and metrics intended to help hardware buyers and other industry participants assess system performance under real-world workloads. In September 2021, the council announced the immediate availability of TPCx-AI, its first vendor-neutral benchmark for measuring end-to-end AI and machine learning scenarios. Over the years, it has introduced benchmarks aimed at simulating business-to-business Web services and e-commerce workloads, as well as efforts to evaluate energy efficiency in hardware configurations. The organization positions itself within the computer hardware manufacturing sector as a standards body that emphasizes objective performance data rather than product promotion.