Is a used AMD MI25 GPU for €80 worth it for local LLM inference?
Kidplayer_666 · reddit · 2026-08-08
A developer asks if buying a used AMD MI25 GPU (16GB VRAM, similar to Vega 56) for €80-100 is a good deal. They currently own an RX 6650 XT, want to avoid NVIDIA's Linux driver issues, and plan to use the Vulkan backend with llama.cpp for local LLM inference.
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