GPU's
Graphics Processing Unit, is a specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate the processing of images and videos for output to a display.
NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Architecture: Turing
CUDA Cores: 4,352
Memory: 11 GB GDDR6
Key Features: Ray tracing, DLSS, still a strong performer for 1440p and 4K gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Architecture: Ampere
CUDA Cores: 4,864
Memory: 8 GB GDDR6
Key Features: Ray tracing, DLSS 2.0, great value for 1080p and 1440p gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Architecture: Ada Lovelace
CUDA Cores: 16,384
Memory: 24 GB GDDR6X
Key Features: Ray tracing, DLSS 3.0, 4K and 8K gaming, AI-enhanced graphics
AMD
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Architecture: RDNA
Stream Processors: 1,408
Memory: 8 GB GDDR6
Key Features: Solid performance for 1080p gaming, good value
AMD Radeon RX 6700
Architecture: RDNA 2
Stream Processors: 2,304
Memory: 10 GB GDDR6
Key Features: Ray tracing, solid 1440p gaming performance, AMD FSR
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Architecture: RDNA 3
Stream Processors: 6,144
Memory: 24 GB GDDR6
Key Features: Ray tracing, high performance for 4K gaming, AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution)
Unlike a CPU, which is optimized for general-purpose processing tasks, a GPU is specifically tailored for handling complex mathematical calculations needed for rendering graphics.
For more detailed information, you can refer to sources like NVIDIA's explanation of GPUs or AMD's overview of graphics processing units.
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