Using Pytorch on Mac without CUDA

#1

I have an early 2015 macbook pro with a Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB graphics card, which doesn’t support CUDA to my knowledge.

Are there other options that would allow me to run Pytorch with GPU support?

#2

CUDA is NVIDIA’s proprietary GPGPU language and environment, so it needs NVIDIA’a card and won’t run on other manufacturers’ cards. So it leaves us with the following options:

  1. Learn to use OpenCL, which is open-source and can run on any platform. Here is OpenCL™ Developer Guide for Intel® Processor Graphics. More links for other cards are available in this answer.
  2. Use eGPU - external GPU unit. See some possible options here, for instance or google for more.
  3. Use any cloud services with GPU support. Check this list: Cloud GPU Vendors

Hope this helps a bit.

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#3

Thanks! Do you know of any good references for Pytorch with OpenCL?

#4

PyTorch devs told that they have no plans to support OpenCL, but there is one enthusiast, who builds it himself :slight_smile:

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