what is the different between getGeometry() and getCachedGeom()

Hi, everyone.
what is the different between getGeometry() and getCachedGeom()?
var oMale = Scene.findNodeByLabel("Genesis 8 Female");var oObject = oMale.getObject();var oShape = oObject.getCurrentShape();var oGeometry = oShape.getGeometry();print(oGeometry.getNumVertices());var oVertexMesh = oObject.getCachedGeom();print(oVertexMesh.getNumVertices());result: 16556 65806
why get different numVertices?
Comments
The geometry is the base mesh by the look of it, the cached geometry has SubD applied.