Examples
- Clock rate of a CPU
- Calories per serving
- Contrast ratio of an LCD
- Frequency response of a speaker
- Fill factor of a solar cell
- Resolution of the image sensor in a digital camera
- Detection performance of a sonar system
- Noise figure of a radio receiver
- The thermoelectric figure of merit, Z, a material constant proportional to the efficiency of a thermoelectric couple made with the material
- The figure of merit of digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is calculated as (Power dissipation)/((2^ENOB) * Effective Bandwidth) .
- Luminous efficacy of lighting
- Battery life of a laptop computer
Benchmarks are synthetic figures of merit that summarize the speed of computers in performing various typical tasks. Benchmarks designed by a manufacturer generally rate the manufacturer's products more favorably than benchmarks designed by others or by independent benchmarkers.
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