NVIDIA CUDA Alternatives

NVIDIA CUDA is described as 'Parallel computing platform and programming model designed for GPU acceleration, enabling faster application performance using thousands of GPU cores' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are 2 alternatives to NVIDIA CUDA for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best NVIDIA CUDA alternative is AMD ROCm, which is both free and Open Source.

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  1. AMD ROCm icon

    AMD ROCm

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    ROCm is an open-source stack, composed primarily of open-source software, designed for graphics processing unit (GPU) computation. ROCm consists of a collection of drivers, development tools, and APIs that enable GPU programming from low-level kernel to end-user applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • AMD ROCm is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to NVIDIA CUDA.

    • AMD ROCm is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NVIDIA CUDA.

    • AMD ROCm is Free and Open SourceNVIDIA CUDA is Free and Proprietary
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    OpenCL

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    An open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of diverse accelerators found in supercomputers, cloud servers, personal computers, mobile devices and embedded platforms.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • FreeBSD
    • Android
     

    • OpenCL is the most popular Android & Mac alternative to NVIDIA CUDA.

    • OpenCL is Free and Open SourceNVIDIA CUDA is Free and Proprietary
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