Apparatus and methods for performing a Million Instructions per Second (MIPS) analysis for a data stack of a user equipment (UE) are disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving an input for a Monte Carlo simulation, the input including a requirement for one or more use cases, a processor specification, and a user-specified function; (ii) determining a traffic model, a number of packets to be run for each use case, and a seed value for the Monte Carlo simulation; (iii) performing the Monte Carlo simulation based on the input and the traffic model to generate a simulation result; and (iv) determining a recommended configuration of processor cores for the data stack based on the simulation result.