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How come eukaryotic cells are more efficient than a prokaryotic cell despite being larger?

How come eukaryotic cells are more efficient than a prokaryotic cell despite being larger?
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How come eukaryotic cells are more efficient than a prokaryotic cell despite being larger?

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Because of the production of ATP. Eukaryotic cells produce (I believe) 38 per molecule of glucose and prokaryotes produce 2 ATP per glucose.
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