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Message 1967162 - Posted: 25 Nov 2018, 23:44:06 UTC

Got Ubuntu 18.04 and Boinc running fairly easily, and am noticing that some of my GPU wu's are (Cuda60) and some ar e (opencl_nvida_SoG). I still am confused as to the difference,........ can anyone elaborate? (thanx)
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Message 1967215 - Posted: 26 Nov 2018, 5:07:15 UTC

Simple answer - they are different tools used to program your GPU.
CUDA60 is only available for nVidia GPUs, while OpenCL available for AMD, Intel and nVidia.
A bit more complex, the OpenCL "SoG" application uses a large contribution from the CPU to achieve its high performance, while the CUDA60 application doesn't.
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