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===Vectorization===
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Most operations on the GPU operate in a vectorized fashion: one operation can be performed on up to four values at once.{{Disputed inline}} For example, if one color {{angbr|R1, G1, B1}} is to be modulated by another color {{angbr|R2, G2, B2}}, the GPU can produce the resulting color {{angbr|R1*R2, G1*G2, B1*B2}} in one operation. This functionality is useful in graphics because almost every basic data type is a vector (either 2-, 3-, or 4-dimensional).{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Examples include vertices, colors, normal vectors, and texture coordinates. Many other applications can put this to good use, and because of their higher performance, vector instructions, termed single instruction, multiple data ([[Single instruction, multiple data|SIMD]]), have long been available on CPUs.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
==GPU vs. CPU==
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