Would you like to know how much power there is in your computer or game console? The "TeraFLOP" unit gives you information about this. Here you can find out what FLOPS means and how many FLOPS you need to have a powerful CPU in front of you.
The term: FLOPS
" Floating Point Operations Per Second " (in German: Floating point operations per second) - this is what the acronym " FLOPS " stands for. The floating point operations are exactly the mathematical operations (such as adding or multiplying numbers) that your computer must perform to process your data. Floating point numbers are the usual way of displaying numbers on computers. A FLOP indicates how many of these calculations your computer does per second can afford. And the more FLOPS your computer can do, the more power it has. It should be noted, however, that the actual performance of the processor depends on other factors. The FLOPS specification nevertheless provides a good guide value. Everyday computers usually have a CPU with a performance in the GigaFLOPS range . Computers for research purposes, in which, for example, several processors are combined with one another, even reach the PetaFLOPS range. Depending on how many FLOPS your current computer has, CPUs can also be exchanged and upgraded at a later date in order to achieve more performance.
How much is a TeraFLOP?
The prefix " Tera " comes from the International System of Units (SI) and is used to define the unit size. "Tera" stands for a factor of 10 to the power of 12 . This means that a TeraFLOP is 10 to the power of 12 or one trillion FLOPS. Transferred to the general definition of FLOPS, a TeraFLOP stands for a processor that can perform a trillion calculations per second ..
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Overview of FLOPS sizes
With the help of the LINPACK measuring program, the 500 fastest computer systems are listed in a TOP500 ranking list. The fastest computer in the world right now is " Summit " the supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Summit creates 200 PetaFLOPS of theoretical computing power. In the following overview we have listed the gradations of the unit sizes for you..
| KiloFLOPS ( KFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 3 (1,000) |
| MegaFLOPS ( MFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 6 (1,000,000) |
| GigaFLOPS ( GFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 9 (1,000,000,000) |
| TeraFLOPS ( TFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 12 (1,000,000,000,000) |
| PetaFLOPS ( PFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 15 (1,000,000,000,000,000) |
| ExaFLOPS ( EFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 18 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000) |
| ZettaFLOPS ( ZFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 21 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) |
| YottaFLOPS ( YFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 24 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) |
| KiloFLOPS ( KFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 3 (1,000) |
| MegaFLOPS ( MFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 6 (1,000,000) |
| GigaFLOPS ( GFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 9 (1,000,000,000) |
| TeraFLOPS ( TFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 12 (1,000,000,000,000) |
| PetaFLOPS ( PFLOPS ) | 10 ^ 15 (1,000,000,000,000,000) |
| ExaFLOPS ( EFLOPS ) | 10^18 (1.000.000.000.000.000.000) |
| ZettaFLOPS ( ZFLOPS ) | 10^21 (1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000) |
| YottaFLOPS ( YFLOPS ) | 10^24 (1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000) |
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