MATLAB: Run MATLAB faster using GPU (Intel) in Mac Pro

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I would like to run MATLAB faster using GPU. I want to calculate the execution time of GPU on a computer with the following configuration:

 MATLAB: R2010b,
 OS: Mac pro,
 CPU: Intel Xeon (2 processors),
 RAM: 8 GB,
 ATI Radeon HD 5870

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The system requirements for Parallel Computing Toolbox are described here.

You need an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability at least 1.3 (1.3 is required to give double-precision support, and also numeric consistency with MATLAB). NVIDIA have a listing of their GPUs with CUDA support here.

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MATLAB: GPU computing on iMac

Hi Fabio,

I understand that you are interested in whether or not an iMac device with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M board will support GPU computing in MATLAB.

You can accomplish GPU computing in MATLAB on a Mac device. As stated in the MathWorks Choosing Hardware documentation page , "the Parallel Computing Toolbox leverages NVIDIA GPUs with compute capability of 2.0 or higher." Besides the NVIDIA GPU, the other requirement is simply the latest CUDA driver.

Since the NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M product page states that it supports CUDA, and since the card is reported to have a compute capability of 3.0, it should be able to handle GPU computing with MATLAB. You are right that it is not reported on the NVIDIA page, but the GT 750M is reported on there with positive specs, and the GT 755M is a comparable and equally popular NVIDIA card.

I hope this helps.

Matt Cohen

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