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What CPU performance means

What CPU performance means

Concept diagram of CPU performance showing clock speed, cache size and number of cores, with labels for more clock cycles per second, cache hits and misses to RAM, and parallel work or multitasking.

The CPU executes program instructions using the fetch-decode-execute cycle. CPU performance means how quickly it can do useful work, such as responding to input or completing calculations.

CPU performance Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /CPU performance

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE Computer Science CPU performance. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build strong foundations in binary, logic and core programming constructs before moving on to the more complex algorithm design and evaluation questions.

Lessons