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	and issues with interactivity when using the same graphics card for display and rendering.	and issues with interactivity when using the same graphics card for display and rendering.

	To enable GPU rendering, go into the :menuselection:`Preferences --> System --> Cycles Render Devices`,	To enable GPU rendering, go into the :menuselection:`Preferences --> System --> Cycles Render Devices`,
	and select either CUDA, OptiX, or HIP. Next, you must configure each scene to use GPU rendering in	and select either CUDA, OptiX, HIP, or Metal. Next, you must configure each scene to use GPU rendering in
	:menuselection:`Properties --> Render --> Device`.	:menuselection:`Properties --> Render --> Device`.

	.. note::

	GPU rendering is only supported on Windows and Linux; macOS is currently not supported.	Rendering Backends


	Supported Hardware
	==================	==================

	Blender supports different technologies to render on the GPU depending on the particular GPU manufacturer.	Blender supports different technologies to render on the GPU depending on the particular GPU manufacturer
		and operating system.

		.. note:: With all GPU rendering technologies, :doc:`/render/shader_nodes/osl` is not supported.

	Nvidia
	------

	:abbr:`CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)` and OptiX are supported
	for GPU rendering with Nvidia graphics cards.

	.. note:: :doc:`/render/shader_nodes/osl` is not supported.


	CUDA	CUDA
	^^^^	----

	CUDA requires graphics cards with compute capability 3.0 and higher.	:abbr:`CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)` is supported on Windows and Linux and requires a
	To make sure your GPU is supported,	Nvidia graphics cards with compute capability 3.0 and higher. To make sure your GPU is supported,
	see the `list of Nvidia graphics cards <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus#compute>`__	see the `list of Nvidia graphics cards <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus#compute>`__
	with the compute capabilities and supported graphics cards.	with the compute capabilities and supported graphics cards.

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	.. _render-cycles-gpu-optix:	.. _render-cycles-gpu-optix:

	OptiX	OptiX
	^^^^^	-----

	OptiX requires graphics cards with compute capability 5.0 and higher and a driver version of at least 470.	OptiX is supported on Windows and Linux and requires a Nvidia graphics cards with compute capability 5.0 and higher
	To make sure your GPU is supported,	and a driver version of at least 470. To make sure your GPU is supported,
	see the `list of Nvidia graphics cards <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus#compute>`__	see the `list of Nvidia graphics cards <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus#compute>`__
	OptiX works best on RTX graphics cards with hardware ray tracing support (e.g. Turing and above).	OptiX works best on RTX graphics cards with hardware ray tracing support (e.g. Turing and above).


	AMD	HIP
	---	---

	:abbr:`HIP (Heterogeneous-compute Interface for Portability)` is enabled	:abbr:`HIP (Heterogeneous-compute Interface for Portability)` is supported on Windows and requires a
	for GPU rendering with AMD graphics cards on Windows. Blender supports GPU rendering	discrete AMD graphics card with the RDNA architecture or newer and AMD Radeon Software 21.12.1
	on discrete graphics cards with the AMD RDNA architecture or newer	or AMD Radeon PRO Software 21.Q4 GPU drivers or newer.
	and AMD Radeon Software 21.12.1 or AMD Radeon PRO Software 21.Q4 GPU drivers or newer.

	Support GPUs include:	Support GPUs include:

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	information about AMD graphics cards and their architectures.	information about AMD graphics cards and their architectures.


	.. note:: Unsupported Features:	.. note:: The Clip extension mode in the :doc:`/render/shader_nodes/textures/image` is not supported.

	- :doc:`/render/shader_nodes/osl`
	- Clip extension mode in the :doc:`/render/shader_nodes/textures/image`

		Metal
		-----

		Metal is supported on macOS and requires an Apple Silicon processor with macOS 12.0 (Monterey) or newer.


	Frequently Asked Questions	Frequently Asked Questions
	==========================	==========================

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