{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-enables-cuda-workloads-on-windows-via-zluda-and-rocm","json":"https://digestai.news/story/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-enables-cuda-workloads-on-windows-via-zluda-and-rocm.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-enables-cuda-workloads-on-windows-via-zluda-and-rocm.md","slug":"amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-enables-cuda-workloads-on-windows-via-zluda-and-rocm","headline":"AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Enables CUDA Workloads on Windows via ZLUDA and ROCm","summary":"A new reproducible stack lets developers run CUDA‑targeted Windows applications on AMD GPUs using ZLUDA and the AMD HIP/ROCm ecosystem. The project, released by Speedstu, validates the Radeon RX 9060 XT (gfx1200) with ZLUDA v6‑preview.69, HIP SDK 6.4, and LibTorch 2.3.0+cu118. A 2.2‑million‑parameter PPO network completed a full forward/inference cycle, learning, and optimizer step on the AMD device, achieving 65,536 timesteps in a single validation run.\n\nPerformance tests show the public upstream path reaches a median of 13,278 steps per second, only 3.03 % slower than a custom overlay, making the upstream build the default. The stack supports core CUDA libraries such as cuBLAS, cuSPARSE, and cuFFT, but does not yet include cuDNN or MIOpen, limiting convolution‑heavy workloads.\n\nThe repository includes scripts for installation, staging, diagnostics, and GPU scanning, and it is MIT‑licensed. Users are encouraged to report compatibility results for other AMD GPUs, which are currently unverified.","keyPoints":["ZLUDA v6‑preview.69 + HIP SDK 6.4 lets CUDA apps run on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (gfx1200) in Windows","LibTorch 2.3.0+cu118 and a 2.2‑M‑parameter PPO network validated on the stack, achieving 65,536 timesteps","Upstream path is only 3 % slower than a custom overlay, achieving ~13,300 steps/s in benchmark"],"whyItMatters":"Enabling CUDA workloads on AMD GPUs expands hardware options for AI developers, reducing reliance on NVIDIA and fostering competition in the Windows AI ecosystem.","category":{"slug":"hardware","name":"Hardware & Compute","url":"https://digestai.news/category/hardware"},"entities":{"companies":["AMD","NVIDIA","PyTorch"],"models":["LibTorch 2.3.0+cu118"],"people":["Speedstu"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-13T14:25:13Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T14:23:12Z","sourceCount":2,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"github.com","title":"CUDA for AMD on Windows","url":"https://github.com/Speedstu/CUDA-for-AMD-Windows","publishedAt":"2026-09-13T14:25:13Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":true},{"outlet":"Tom's Hardware","title":"Solo dev enables running CUDA on AMD hardware in Windows, getting multiple CUDA libraries running on a gaming Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU in Windows — CUDA-exclusive workloads on AMD hardware in Windows possible without virtualization or dual-booting","url":"https://tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/solo-developer-wires-zluda-to-amds-hip-getting-multiple-cuda-libraries-running-on-a-radeon-rx-9060-xt-in-windows-cuda-exclusive-workloads-on-amd-hardware-in-windows-is-possible-without-virtualization-or-dual-booting","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T14:23:12Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[{"site":"Hacker News","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684356","points":48}],"thread":{"title":"AMD GPUs Finally Run CUDA Workloads","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/ggml-org-updates-llama-cpp-with-flash-attention-tuning-for-amd-gfx1201","storyCount":3},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Enables CUDA Workloads on Windows via ZLUDA and ROCm\", 13 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-enables-cuda-workloads-on-windows-via-zluda-and-rocm","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Enables CUDA Workloads on Windows via ZLUDA and ROCm","datePublished":"2026-09-13T14:25:13Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-enables-cuda-workloads-on-windows-via-zluda-and-rocm"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}