| Clock Speed | Cache Memory |
| Instruction Set | Number Of Cores |
| Hyper-Threading | Pipeline Length |
| Bus Speed | Cache Latency |
| A small and fast memory that stores frequently used data. | The number of cycles a CPU can execute per second. |
| The number of independent processing units within a CPU. | The set of all the instructions a CPU can execute. |
| The number of stages in a CPU's instruction pipeline. | A technology that allows a CPU to handle multiple threads per core. |
| The time delay between the stored data request and its delivery. | The speed at which data is transferred between the CPU and other components. |
| Power Consumption | Thermal Design Power |
| Thread Count | Thermal Design Power (TDP) |
| Instruction Pipelining | |
| The maximum amount of heat that a CPU generates under normal operation. | The amount of electrical power consumed by a CPU under normal operation. |
| The maximum amount of power a CPU is designed to dissipate while under typical workload conditions. | The number of simultaneous execution paths a CPU can handle. A higher number of threads can improve multitasking performance. |
| A technique used by CPUs to overlap the execution of multiple instructions, improving overall throughput and performance. | |