Budget Vulkan GPU list for local AI: used MI50 16GB at ~$150 is the top pick
tabletuser_blogspot · reddit · 2026-10-05
- A Redditor compiles a budget GPU list for Vulkan-backend local inference (most older cards lost CUDA/ROCm support), filtered to ≥8GB VRAM and ≥256GB/s bandwidth.
- NVIDIA: GTX 1070/1080/1080 Ti, Titan X variants, mining cards P104-100/P102-100/CMP 50HX, Tesla M40/P40.
- AMD: RX 480/580/590, R9 390(X), Vega 56/64, RX 5700(XT), Radeon VII (shares MI50 firmware), MI25/MI50.
- He runs GTX 1080 Ti + P102-100 + MI50 on one Linux box via Vulkan; top pick is the used AMD Instinct MI50 16GB ($150, 1024GB/s). Community input requested.
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