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How is a CPU speed measured in GB or MB?

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CPU speed, or Processor speed, is measured in MIPS nowadays, since the processing power is a lot better. MIPS stands for Millions of instructions per second.

For example, Intel Core i7 Extreme 965EE processor is measured at 76,383 MIPS.

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