The term "gigahertz," or "GHz," refers to the operating speed of a central processing unit; hertz defines the clock rate, or cycles per second, of the CPU. 1 GHz is equivalent to one billion hertz.

Intel's engineers, according to the respected hardware leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack (via HXL), have successfully achieved CPU core clocks beyond 5.0 GHz for the upcoming Meteor Lake processors. This ...

On Twitter intel has been showing an Alder Lake processor with a 5.5 GHz boost frequency. Although the chipmaker did not release the precise model of the chip, the numbers correspond to the Core ...

AMD's upcoming 9000 series flagship processor, the Ryzen AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, has been spotted on CPU-Z, revealing the clock speeds and other details. More like this AMD India Country Head Srinivas ...

I'm looking at getting a new laptop, and would like some help understanding processor specs. I currently have an 'Early 2015' Retina 13-inch macbook pro. The processor is listed as a 2.7 GHz Dual-Core ...

Intel has unveiled the complete specifications and availability details of its Intel Core i9-14900KS unlocked processor. Interestingly, the tech giant is reaffirming its position as the world’s ...

Delivering greater performance to real-time, math-intensive applications, the company's FastMATH adaptive signal processor is now available in a 2.5 GHz version. Exploiting the company's Fast14 ...

It was just two years ago that a 1 GHz processor in your smartphone was considered a big deal, but by today's standards 1 GHz is pretty slow. Today, ARM announced that it will be ramping up clock ...

Ahead of last Friday's launch of the new Retina MacBook, we saw several early benchmarks for the entry-level notebook running a 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor, putting CPU performance for the new ...