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For which applications are AMD GPUs more suited? Last I looked at the available chips, AMD sometimes had higher FLOPS or memory throughput (and generally lower
by Athas 3y ago
For which applications are AMD GPUs more suited? Last I looked at the available chips, AMD sometimes had higher FLOPS or memory throughput (and generally lower cost), but I don't recall any qualitative advantages. In contrast, just to pick something I care about, NVIDIAs memory and synchronisation model allows operations like prefix sums to be significantly more efficient.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> but I don't recall any qualitative advantages Like... how you feel when you use them? (-:
- Athas 3y agoOh definitely, there's a reason my home GPU is an AMD! The fact that driver troubles are (sort of) a thing of the past is a great win.
- anewhnaccount2 3y agoThey may have had an edge on 64-bit performance, which is pretty much useless for deep learning, but can be useful e.g. physics simulations or other natural science applications.