Why are the CPU graphs in Microsoft Windows* Task Manager not identical?
This is not unusual if you have a multi-core processor. Each box represents one of the cores in the processor. There will be 2 graphs for dual-cores processors and 4 graphs for quad-core processors etc. The graphs are not identical because very few applications can spread their processing load completely evenly across the cores. More advanced programs (ex. Games) are written to take advantage of multiple cores and will do a better job of spreading the processing load across the cores.
