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	Supported Hardware	Rendering Technologies
	==================	======================

	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	CUDA -- Nvidia
	for GPU rendering with Nvidia graphics cards.	--------------

	.. note:: :doc:`/render/shader_nodes/osl` is not supported.	:abbr:`CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)` is supported on Windows and Linux and requires a
		Nvidia graphics cards with compute capability 3.0 and higher. To make sure your GPU is supported,

	CUDA
	^^^^

	CUDA requires 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 -- Nvidia
	^^^^^	---------------

	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 -- AMD
	---	----------

	: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 and 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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	Please refer to `AMD's website <https://www.amd.com/en/graphics>`__ for more	Please refer to `AMD's website <https://www.amd.com/en/graphics>`__ for more
	information about AMD graphics cards and their architectures.	information about AMD graphics cards and their architectures.

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

	.. note:: Unsupported Features:

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


	Apple
	-----

	Metal is enabled for GPU rendering on Apple Silicon using macOS 12.0 (Monterey) and newer.	Metal is enabled for GPU rendering on Apple Silicon using macOS 12.0 (Monterey) and newer.

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


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

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