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Learn how multithreading works in Godot and when parallel execution can improve a game's performance. You will examine thread safety, the limits of using scene-tree operations from background threads, and the differences between a dedicated Thread and Godot's WorkerThreadPool.
Build a repeatable benchmark that runs an intentionally expensive workload sequentially. This baseline makes it possible to measure the cost of the operation and compare it fairly with a threaded implementation.
Process the same workload with a WorkerThreadPool group task, wait for its completion, and compare the execution times. The result demonstrates how independent data-heavy work can be distributed while keeping thread-sensitive game operations on the main thread.