noun
- a unit of measurement for computer processing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second
Usage: computing
Examples
- The supercomputer can perform 50 gigaflops per second.
- Modern graphics cards are measured in gigaflops for gaming performance.
- The processor’s speed was rated at 2.5 gigaflops.
- Scientists need computers capable of hundreds of gigaflops for climate modeling.
- The new chip delivers twice as many gigaflops as the previous generation.
- Benchmark tests showed the system achieved 15 gigaflops on complex calculations.