What determines bytes per second a computer can process?

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The amount of data a computer can process per second is influenced by several key factors, including CPU speed, CPU word size, memory speed, bus speed and size, threading capabilities, and ALU speed. These elements play a crucial role in determining processing efficiency, particularly in specialized tasks like image processing in robotics. In such contexts, the amount of input/output (I/O) processing required also significantly impacts overall data handling capabilities. Understanding these factors is essential for optimizing performance in applications that involve real-time data processing, such as visual systems in robots.
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What are the factors which determines how many bytes / kilobytes / gigabytes of data a computer can process every second? Are there any equations / formula / rules that can be used to work this out.
 
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Big factors are cpu speed, cpu word size, memory speed, bus speed and size, threading capabilities, ALU speed. There are others, depending somewhat on what KIND of processing you are talking about. It's a big subject.
 
phinds said:
Big factors are cpu speed, cpu word size, memory speed, bus speed and size, threading capabilities, ALU speed. There are others, depending somewhat on what KIND of processing you are talking about. It's a big subject.

I'm referring to image processing, such as a robot having image processed by its control unit when 'seeing' things through its eyes / visual system (such as through cameras).
 
Tabaristiio said:
I'm referring to image processing, such as a robot having image processed by its control unit when 'seeing' things through its eyes / visual system (such as through cameras).
Then my answer stands but now I have to add "amount of I/O processing required"
 

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