OpenCL Alternatives

Apps similar to OpenCL include NVIDIA CUDA, which is free. Other options are AMD ROCm and ZLUDA. In total there are three apps like OpenCL for Windows, Linux and the web.

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  1. 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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  2. AMD ROCm icon
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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
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    ZLUDA is a drop-in replacement for CUDA on non-NVIDIA GPUs. ZLUDA allows running unmodified CUDA applications using non-NVIDIA GPUs with near-native performance

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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