Technology & Computing
CPU MIPS from Clock Speed & IPC Calculator
Calculate CPU throughput in millions of instructions per second (MIPS) from clock speed and instructions per cycle.
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Total MIPS (all cores)
56,000 MIPS
MIPS per core
7,000 MIPS
Clock speed
3.5 GHz
IPC
2
Cores
8
MIPS is a rough throughput metric; real-world performance also depends on workload, memory latency and pipeline stalls.
Formula and working
MIPS = (clock speed in Hz × IPC) ÷ 1,000,000
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Collect the inputs
Clock speed (GHz) = 3.5 GHz; Instructions per cycle (IPC) = 2; Number of cores = 8
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Apply the formula
MIPS = (clock speed in Hz × IPC) ÷ 1,000,000
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Result
Total MIPS (all cores) = 56,000 MIPS
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