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rob_allshouse t1_j6o83cf wrote

Reply to comment by RhynoD in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan

These are incorrect.

The GPU and CPU are similar. A “graphics card” has all of these things. A GPU in an SoC would have similar limitations to a CPU.

But consumers don’t buy GPUs, companies like MSI do and integrate them into a graphics card. They do buy CPUs.

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LiamTheHuman t1_j6o9di5 wrote

GPU is often used to refer to the graphics card as a whole

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