content: Seems like it. There are fewer cores in the CPU, but way more transistors. RX Vega is split up into over 3500 different cored, but only has a total count of about 12 million transistors. The CPU, on the other hand, has 1000 cores and 621 million transistors. To add to this, the GPU is ostensibly specifically optimized for the work of graphics processing. The CPU is just your average CPU, made to handle any load you throw at it. EDIT: Ignore my stupid bullshit. Vega has billions of transistors. This seems to be an architecture change more than anything.