GPU

abbreviation or noun

ˌjē-(ˌ)pē-ˈyü 

variants or less commonly gpu

plural GPUs also gpus

: a specialized CPU designed to efficiently perform calculations for generating computer graphics

A GPU can deliver hundreds of billions of operations per second—some GPUs more than a teraflop, or a trillion operations per second—while requiring only slightly more electrical power and cooling than a CPU.

—Andrea Di Blas et al.

Examples of GPU in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, CoreWeave, which buys and rents out graphics processors from Nvidia and other chipmakers, hiked prices across its inventory by 25% in July to soften the impact of rising GPU costs on its margins, per Ramnani. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Its first major demonstration came in November 2025, when Starcloud-1 carried an NVIDIA H100 GPU into space. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

The company completed its Metronome acquisition in January, and Stripe said the metering engine was already used by OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia to bill on tokens and GPU seconds. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

This gives you a 21% discount on an ultra-high-end gaming laptop featuring an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, an 18-inch WQXGA 240-hertz G-Sync display, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB Gen 4 SSD. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

graphics processing unit

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above