OpenCL Alternatives

OpenCL is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are 2 alternatives to OpenCL for Windows, Linux and Web-based. The best OpenCL alternative is NVIDIA CUDA, which is free.

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  1. NVIDIA CUDA icon

    NVIDIA CUDA

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    Parallel computing platform and programming model for accelerating applications on GPUs, supporting development in multiple languages, offering a toolkit with libraries, compiler, development tools, and runtime for enhanced performance in scientific and research tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • NVIDIA CUDA is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Linux alternative to OpenCL.

    • NVIDIA CUDA is the most popular free alternative to OpenCL.

    • NVIDIA CUDA is Free and ProprietaryOpenCL is Free and Open Source
  2. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • AMD ROCm is the most popular Open Source alternative to OpenCL.

    • AMD ROCm is Free and Open SourceOpenCL is also Free and Open Source
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