GPU

abbreviation or noun

ˌjē-(ˌ)pē-ˈyü

variants or less commonly gpu

plural GPUs also gpus

: a specialized CPU designed to efficiently perform calculations for generating computer graphics

A GPU can deliver hundreds of billions of operations per second—some GPUs more than a teraflop, or a trillion operations per second—while requiring only slightly more electrical power and cooling than a CPU.—

Andrea Di Blas et al.

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Configuration Options: Build Your Perfect iMac The only crucial changes to the iMac from previous models are under the hood, with a new M4 processor available in two versions, one with eight CPU and eight GPU cores, and one with 10 of each. —

Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024 The company says the CPU and GPU are both 20 percent faster than the M2. —

Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024 The new iMac, announced this morning, includes an M4 chip with an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU. —

Jay Peters, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2024 The first two, Wild Life (1440p) and Wild Life Extreme (4K), use the Vulkan graphics API to measure GPU speeds. —

PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for GPU