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AMD Radeon R9700 vs NVIDIA CUDA for Local AI: User Seeks Advice

A user is seeking advice on whether their choice of two Radeon R9700 GPUs for local AI workloads was a mistake compared to NVIDIA's offerings. They are concerned about the maturity and compatibility of AMD's ROCm platform versus NVIDIA's CUDA for running large language models (LLMs), aiming for maximum performance and quality. AI

IMPACT Users considering AMD hardware for local AI development may face compatibility and performance challenges compared to NVIDIA's CUDA ecosystem.

RANK_REASON User query seeking advice on hardware choice for AI workloads.

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AMD Radeon R9700 vs NVIDIA CUDA for Local AI: User Seeks Advice

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Syosse-CH ·

    2× Radeon R9700 for Local AI Was Choosing AMD Instead of NVIDIA a Mistake Without CUDA?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello together</p> <p>I decided to go with 2× Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPUs (64 GB total VRAM) for my local AI server. However, I keep reading that AMD/ROCm is still not as mature as NVIDIA/CUDA when it comes to running local LLMs.</p> <p>Is running l…