--- title: GPU vs CPU What's the Difference? --- GPU vs CPU What's the Difference? ## CPU vs. GPU | | CPU | GPU | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | | **Function** | Generalized component that handles main processing functions of a server | Specialized component that excels at parallel computing | | **Processing** | Designed for serial instruction processing | Designed for parallel instruction processing | | **Design** | Fewer, more powerful cores | More cores than CPUs, but less powerful than CPU cores | | **Best suited for** | General-purpose computing applications | High-performance computing applications | ![CPU VS GPU](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/964896173401976932/1157998193741660222/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering.png?ex=651aa55b&is=651953db&hm=a22c80ed108a0d25106a20aa25236f7d0fa74167a50788194470f57ce7f4a6ca&=&width=807&height=426)