computekracht

Computekracht is a Dutch term that translates to computing power. It refers to the total capacity of a computer system to perform calculations and data processing within a given time. In practice, computekracht is not a single value; it is described by a range of performance metrics that depend on workload, software, and hardware architecture. Typical measures include floating point operations per second (FLOPS), instructions per second, and task throughput. For modern AI accelerators or GPUs, operations are often expressed in tera- or petaFLOPS or in TOPs (trillion operations per second) for specific workloads. Benchmarks such as LINPACK, SPEC, or MLPerf are used to estimate sustained computekracht under standardized tests, while real-world performance depends on memory bandwidth, cache efficiency, and software optimization. Energy efficiency, expressed as performance per watt, is increasingly part of computekracht assessments, especially in data centers.

Historically, computekracht has grown with advances in transistor density and parallelism, from single-core CPUs to multi-core CPUs and specialized accelerators. In industrial and consumer contexts, computekracht informs design choices, capacity planning, cloud service pricing, and energy management. It is equally relevant to high-performance computing, cloud computing, and edge devices, where the balance between performance, cost, and power consumption shapes system architecture.

Note: Computekracht can also appear as a brand name for companies or products; in this article it is treated as a generic concept.