A 64-bit CPU can handle more than 4GB of RAM because it uses larger bit widths, memory addresses, and other associated hardware to process more data at a time and access more memory. A 32-bit CPU has a limit of 4GB addressable memory and therefore cannot effectively utilize RAM beyond this limit.
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