How are CPUs and GPUs different in build? What tasks are handled by the GPU instead of CPU and what about the architecture makes it more suited to those tasks?

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How are CPUs and GPUs different in build? What tasks are handled by the GPU instead of CPU and what about the architecture makes it more suited to those tasks?

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Answer 1

Further to the other answers, [this Mythbusters/NVIDIA video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P28LKWTzrI) gives a good ELI5