03. Describe the Difference Between the CPU and the GPU
Describe the Difference Between the CPU and the GPU
QUESTION:
After hearing a bit about hardware, now is a chance for you to confirm for yourself that you know the difference between the CPU and GPU. Write your answer in the box below!
ANSWER:
At a high level, the CPU is analogous to the brain of your device and the GPU is like the eyes for Computer Graphics. The CPU is tasked with completing instructions one at a time, while the GPU is specialized in parallelizing graphical rendering. Most performance bottlenecks end up coming from each device talking with one another as that is the slowest part of the pipeline. That said, we wouldn't be able to create amazing worlds without both amazing pieces of hardware.