What is the difference between the CPU and the GPU?

Question

List the differences plz

Answer 1

From Wikipedia

CPU
A central processing unit (CPU), or sometimes simply processor, is the component in a digital computer that interprets computer program instructions and processes data. CPUs provide the fundamental digital computer trait of programmability, and are one of the necessary components found in computers of any era, along with primary storage and input/output facilities. A CPU that is manufactured as a single integrated circuit is usually known as a microprocessor. Beginning in the mid-1970s, microprocessors of ever-increasing complexity and power gradually supplanted other designs, and today the term "CPU" is usually applied to some type of microprocessor.

GPU
A Graphics Processing Unit or GPU (also occasionally called Visual Processing Unit or VPU) is a dedicated graphics rendering device for a personal computer, workstation, or game console. Modern GPUs are very efficient at manipulating and displaying computer graphics, and their highly parallel structure makes them more effective than typical CPUs for a range of complex algorithms. A GPU usually sits on top of a video card, although lower-end chips often are integrated directly into the motherboard.

A GPU implements a number of graphics primitive operations in a way that makes running them much faster than drawing directly to the screen with the host CPU.

Answer 2

With the current generation of PC CPUs and GPUs, the biggest difference is the method used to achieve parallelism. CPUs use MIMD which GPUs use SIMD with some MIMD support. GPUs have direct access to their own video RAM, which CPUs have direct access to main memory. Their memory structures are very similar, however, with each having 3 levels of storage (register, cache, RAM) The next generation of CPUs blur that line; they'll have integrated GPUs with cores being freely allocated to either. They'll have a combination of SIMD and MIMD parallelism, and the GPU won't have its own separate memory storage.

Answer 3

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) would be the main chip the entire computer runs off of. The CPU is the processor chip that executes all functions, commands, and processes of the PC. The GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is only for video and 2D/3D graphics. The GPU can either be integrated onto the motherboard or be a separate video card plugged into one of the expansion slots on your motherboard. Separate video cards tend to be more powerful and provide enhanced video/graphics quality.

The time it takes to open programs and execute commands is dependent on the speed/power of the CPU. The visual quality of your video/graphics is limited by the speed/power of your GPU.

Answer 4

The CPU is the central processor. It is where the programs all are executed. It does the calculations, tells programs where to load in memory and does all of the housekeeping associated with running the computer.

A Graphics Processing Unit or GPU (also occasionally called Visual Processing Unit or VPU) is a dedicated graphics rendering device for a personal computer, workstation, or game console.

Answer 5

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit, the main brain of your computer. GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit, the brain for your video card.

Answer 6

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit, it is the "brain" of the computer in that it sits on the motherboard and directs the functions of all of the other components.

GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit, it is attached to the video card and performs the calculations necessary to render the frames of video on a monitor.

Answer 7

CPU means Central Processing Unit that con trolls your whole computer. GPU means Graphics Processing Unit that con trolls the graphics for your computer like when playing video games.

Answer 8

The CPU is your computers main processor. The GPU is the graphics processor on your video card.