[ GLOSSARY DEFINITION ]
Performance
GPU
Specialized chip for rendering, gaming, and image processing — key to gaming scores.
Also known as:
Graphics
Graphics Processor
Full Definition & Technical Explanation
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) renders games and accelerates photos/video. Flagship mobile GPUs use 5–6 cores at 1.5+ GHz; laptop/desktop GPUs have thousands of shading units, dedicated VRAM, and DLSS/FSR upscaling.
Look at GPU: 803562 score, Graphics Score, GPU clock, and Ray Tracing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is GPU?
Specialized chip for rendering, gaming, and image processing — key to gaming scores.
What terms are related to GPU?
Related Performance terms include CPU, Ray Tracing, SoC, Shading Units, VRAM.
Related Technical Terms
CPU
The main processor that executes apps and system tasks; more cores/clock = faster general performan…
Performance
Ray Tracing
Hardware-accelerated realistic lighting and reflections in games, measured on DeviceBenchmark's Gam…
Gaming
SoC
A single chip integrating CPU, GPU, modem, ISP, NPU and memory controller.
Performance
Shading Units
The parallel processors inside a GPU that do the math for each pixel; more = more GPU power.
Gaming
VRAM
Dedicated memory on a graphics card; more VRAM enables higher resolutions and textures.
Memory
FLOPS
Floating-point operations per second; a raw measure of compute power for GPUs and AI.
Gaming