Hi guys, in a nutshell, what’s the difference between a cpu & gpu? I understand gpu is a graphics card, but what’s the process differences? & why does bitcoin mining prefer gpu over a high end cpu?
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CPU is very very fast at making decisions. So think if this number is greater than 1 you gotta do this else you gotta do that. In comp sci term, it’s called branching and cpu is really good at branching.
Gpu on the other hand is very good at doing just math. Aka addition/subtraction/multiplication/division. But slower at making decisions
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