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What can a cpu core do that a gpu core can't do? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Afaik, gpu cores a very stripped down cpu cores that do basic math, but what sort of math can cpus do that gpus can't

I'm talking, cpu core vs Tensor/Cuda cores.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A CPU core has a variety of arithmetic and logic circuits making it good for general purpose compute, whereas a GPU core (CUDA or Stream processor) has a much more limited set of logic units, which allows each one to be much smaller physically. This is why a GPU can fit thousands of cores while standard desktop CPUs are rarely more than 12.