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.

One of the most frequently touted measures of processor performance is a given chip's speed in gigahertz. Processors with higher GHz ratings can, theoretically, do more in a given unit of time than ...

AMD Ryzen 7000 processors have been tested at high boost speeds, up to 5.5 GHz. However, it appears that they can go faster, rated with a maximum frequency of 5.85 GHz. AMD disclosed a few more ...