This slide provides a comparison of the STM8 with other prominent 8-bit microcontroller architectures using industry standard 8/16-bit benchmarks. The X-axis represents code size, while the Y-axis represents performance (MIPs/MHz). According to these tests, the STM8S clearly outperforms all three of the competitor products with a code efficiency that is better than two of the competitors and similar to the third. The STM8S family should be ideal when a combination of performance and code efficiency is required.