diff --git a/benchmark/compare.js b/benchmark/compare.js
index 503901f607ef02..ddf170cb6805c1 100644
--- a/benchmark/compare.js
+++ b/benchmark/compare.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { fork } = require('child_process');
+const { spawn, fork } = require('child_process');
 const { inspect } = require('util');
 const path = require('path');
 const CLI = require('./_cli.js');
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ if (benchmarks.length === 0) {
   return;
 }
 
+const cpuCoreSetting = cli.optional.set.find(s => s.startsWith('CPUCORE='));
+let cpuCore = null;
+if (cpuCoreSetting) {
+  cpuCore = cpuCoreSetting.split('=')[1];
+}
+
 // Create queue from the benchmarks list such both node versions are tested
 // `runs` amount of times each.
 // Note: BenchmarkProgress relies on this order to estimate
@@ -70,9 +76,23 @@ if (showProgress) {
 (function recursive(i) {
   const job = queue[i];
 
-  const child = fork(path.resolve(__dirname, job.filename), cli.optional.set, {
-    execPath: cli.optional[job.binary],
-  });
+  const resolvedPath = path.resolve(__dirname, job.filename);
+  let child;
+  if (cpuCore !== null) {
+    const spawnArgs = ['-c', cpuCore, cli.optional[job.binary], resolvedPath, ...cli.optional.set];
+    child = spawn('taskset', spawnArgs, {
+      env: process.env,
+      stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'ipc'],
+    });
+
+    child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      process.stdout.write(data);
+    });
+  } else {
+    child = fork(resolvedPath, cli.optional.set, {
+      execPath: cli.optional[job.binary],
+    });
+  }
 
   child.on('message', (data) => {
     if (data.type === 'report') {
diff --git a/benchmark/run.js b/benchmark/run.js
index 0b63fb930bb000..09333a4bda1818 100644
--- a/benchmark/run.js
+++ b/benchmark/run.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
-const fork = require('child_process').fork;
+const { spawn, fork } = require('child_process');
 const CLI = require('./_cli.js');
 
 const cli = new CLI(`usage: ./node run.js [options] [--] <category> ...
@@ -34,16 +34,37 @@ if (!validFormats.includes(format)) {
   return;
 }
 
+const cpuCoreSetting = cli.optional.set.find(s => s.startsWith('CPUCORE='));
+let cpuCore = null;
+if (cpuCoreSetting) {
+  cpuCore = cpuCoreSetting.split('=')[1];
+}
+
 if (format === 'csv') {
   console.log('"filename", "configuration", "rate", "time"');
 }
 
 (function recursive(i) {
   const filename = benchmarks[i];
-  const child = fork(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, filename),
-    cli.test ? ['--test'] : cli.optional.set,
-  );
+  const scriptPath = path.resolve(__dirname, filename);
+  const args = cli.test ? ['--test'] : cli.optional.set;
+
+  let child;
+
+  if (cpuCore !== null) {
+    child = spawn('taskset', [`-c`, cpuCore, `node`, scriptPath, ...args], {
+      stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'ipc']
+    });
+
+    child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      process.stdout.write(data);
+    });
+  } else {
+    child = fork(
+      scriptPath,
+      args,
+    );
+  }
 
   if (format !== 'csv') {
     console.log();