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Is there a good reason why AMD APUs just aren't used with massive amounts of (V)RAM just like the Mac M2 is? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/localllama
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Is it just memory bandwidth? Or is it that AMD is not well supported by pytorch well enough for most products? Or some combination of those?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The memory bandwidth stinks compared to a discrete gpu. That’s the reason. It’s still possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The question is, though, would it be better than just a CPU with lots of RAM?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, it seems so according to this person’s testing: https://youtu.be/HPO7fu7Vyw4