GPU and OS Support (Linux)#
2023-11-21
6 min read time
Supported Linux Distributions#
AMD ROCm™ Platform supports the following Linux distributions.
Distribution |
Processor Architectures |
Validated Kernel |
Support |
|---|---|---|---|
CentOS 7.9 |
x86-64 |
3.10 |
✅ |
RHEL 7.9 |
x86-64 |
3.10 |
✅ |
RHEL 8.7 |
x86-64 |
4.18 |
✅ |
RHEL 8.8 |
x86-64 |
4.18 |
✅ |
RHEL 9.1 |
x86-64 |
5.14 |
✅ |
RHEL 9.2 |
x86-64 |
5.14 |
✅ |
SLES 15 SP4 |
x86-64 |
5.14.21 |
✅ |
SLES 15 SP5 |
x86-64 |
5.14.21 |
✅ |
Ubuntu 20.04.5 |
x86-64 |
5.15 |
✅ |
Ubuntu 20.04.6 |
x86-64 |
5.15 |
✅ |
Ubuntu 22.04.2 |
x86-64 |
5.19 |
✅ |
Ubuntu 22.04.3 |
x86-64 |
6.2 |
✅ |
Added in version 5.7.0:
Ubuntu 22.04.3 support was added.
Distribution |
Processor Architectures |
Validated Kernel |
Support |
|---|---|---|---|
RHEL 9.0 |
x86-64 |
5.14 |
❌ |
RHEL 8.6 |
x86-64 |
5.14 |
❌ |
SLES 15 SP3 |
x86-64 |
5.3 |
❌ |
Ubuntu 22.04.0 |
x86-64 |
5.15 LTS, 5.17 OEM |
❌ |
Ubuntu 20.04.4 |
x86-64 |
5.13 HWE, 5.13 OEM |
❌ |
Ubuntu 22.04.1 |
x86-64 |
5.15 LTS |
❌ |
✅: Supported - AMD performs full testing of all ROCm components on distro GA image.
❌: Unsupported - AMD no longer performs builds and testing on these previously supported distro GA images.
Virtualization Support#
ROCm supports virtualization for select GPUs only as shown below.
Hypervisor |
Version |
GPU |
Validated Guest OS (validated kernel) |
|---|---|---|---|
VMWare |
ESXi 8 |
MI250 |
Ubuntu 20.04 ( |
VMWare |
ESXi 8 |
MI210 |
Ubuntu 20.04 ( |
VMWare |
ESXi 7 |
MI210 |
Ubuntu 20.04 ( |
Linux Supported GPUs#
The table below shows supported GPUs for Instinct™, Radeon Pro™ and Radeon™ GPUs. Please click the tabs below to switch between GPU product lines. If a GPU is not listed on this table, the GPU is not officially supported by AMD.
Product Name |
Architecture |
Support |
|
|---|---|---|---|
AMD Instinct™ MI250X |
CDNA2 |
gfx90a |
✅ |
AMD Instinct™ MI250 |
CDNA2 |
gfx90a |
✅ |
AMD Instinct™ MI210 |
CDNA2 |
gfx90a |
✅ |
AMD Instinct™ MI100 |
CDNA |
gfx908 |
✅ |
AMD Instinct™ MI50 |
GCN5.1 |
gfx906 |
✅ |
AMD Instinct™ MI25 |
GCN5.0 |
gfx900 |
❌ |
Note
See Radeon Software for Linux compability matrix for those using select RDNA™ 3 GPU with graphical applications and ROCm.
Name |
Architecture |
Support |
|
|---|---|---|---|
AMD Radeon™ Pro W7900 |
RDNA3 |
gfx1100 |
✅ (Ubuntu 22.04 only) |
AMD Radeon™ Pro W6800 |
RDNA2 |
gfx1030 |
✅ |
AMD Radeon™ Pro V620 |
RDNA2 |
gfx1030 |
✅ |
AMD Radeon™ Pro VII |
GCN5.1 |
gfx906 |
✅ |
Note
See Radeon Software for Linux compatibility for those using select RDNA™ 3 GPU with graphical applications and ROCm.
Name |
Architecture |
Support |
|
|---|---|---|---|
AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX |
RDNA3 |
gfx1100 |
✅ (Ubuntu 22.04 only) |
AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT |
RDNA3 |
gfx1100 |
✅ (Ubuntu 22.04 only) |
AMD Radeon™ VII |
GCN5.1 |
gfx906 |
✅ |
Support Status#
✅: Supported - AMD enables these GPUs in our software distributions for the corresponding ROCm product.
⚠️: Deprecated - Support will be removed in a future release.
❌: Unsupported - This configuration is not enabled in our software distributions.
CPU Support#
ROCm requires CPUs that support PCIe™ Atomics. Modern CPUs after the release of 1st generation AMD Zen CPU and Intel™ Haswell support PCIe Atomics.