All successful companies are constantly benchmarking their competition. They have to know what they have to match up with day-in and day-out if their company is going to be successful.
Quotes about benchmarking (3 Quotes)
The decision to utilize a 34K core in our storage network processor design came after extensive internal benchmarking against a competitive multi-core solution. The realized saving in die size and power consumption, coupled with its compelling performance, made the 34K core stand out as the clear winner.
Benchmarking, generally, is far from a science. When you're talking about private company benchmarking, there are well-known limitations to the gathering and use of that data.