CPU vs GPU

• CPU – Central Processing Unit

  • A CPU can never be fully replaced by a GPU

  • Can be thought of as the taskmaster of the entire system, coordinating a wide range of general-purpose computing tasks

• GPU – Graphics Processing Unit

  • GPUs were originally designed to create images for computer graphics and video game consoles

  • GPGPU

  • Performing a narrower range of more specialized tasks

    

• GPU is like the turbo boost to a car’s engine, the CPU.

  • A computer can’t function without a CPU.

  • Not all computers have GPUs.