Q What is single core floating point speed?

A A single-core consumer orientated processor benchmark test.

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Single core floating point speed is an important CPU tests for consumers. Floating point processing is required for mathematically intensive tasks such as graphics rendering and CAD. The floating point unit in a CPU is responsible for efficiently performing mathematical calculations such as trigonometric functions and exponents. Without dedicated floating point cores these sorts of mathematically intensive tasks are extremely time consuming. Single core speed is a key measurement as the vast majority of consumer processing uses only one core at a time.