A processing unit includes a plurality of thread execution units each provided with a performance analysis circuit for measuring various types of events resulting from execution of instructions and a commit stack entry unit for controlling the completion of executed instructions and each executing a thread having a plurality of instructions, a commit scope register for storing instructions of completion candidates stored in each commit stack entry unit by execution by each thread execution unit and performing processing for completion of instructions included in the thread, and a thread selecting means for sending commit events of the instructions to a performance analysis circuit provided in each thread execution unit corresponding to the instructions when performing commit processing for instructions stored in the commit scope register.