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Data: Arithmetic Intensity

Metric

Description

Interpretation

double number

This metric provides information about the ratio of floating-point operations to amount of byte transfers between CPU and memory sub-system.

The AI determines the nature of the algorithm. Loops or functions with high AI value correspond to compute bound codes, items in Survey report tables with low AI value correspond to memory bound codes. Refer to Roofline articles for details.