A 1.1.3 CPU and GPU (HL only)
The CPU is built to run anything: varied tasks, complex logic, decisions, one or a few things at a time at very low latency. The GPU is built to do one kind of work at massive scale: the same operation applied to thousands of data items at once. This page explains the two design philosophies and where each processor is used, compares their architecture, processing power, memory access and power efficiency, and...