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throughput in the CPU context is the number of instructions that can be executed in a unit of time at a given clock rate.
The performance or speed of a processor depends on e.g.:
- the clock rate
- and the instructions per clock (IPC),
which together are the factors for the instructions per second (IPS) that the CPU can perform.
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Documentation / Reference
- wiki/Instructions_per_second (also Million IPS (MIPS), …)