amdgpu-pro and rocm driver confusion

I have an RX 5700 and wish to install the appropriate drivers for OpenCL support. This article states that ROCm has a slight performance advantage and my GPU seems to be compatible with it. I will use my GPU for DaVinci Resolve and TensorFlow workflows.

What should I do?

• Should I install the amdgpu-pro driver and then ROCm separately?
• Should I install the amdgpu-pro drivers with the --opencl=rocm argument?
• Or should I use the --opencl=pal, legacy argument and install ROCm seperately?

1 Answer

According to the ROCm installation guide, you should install amdgpu-pro or ROCm, but not both:

Note: You must use either ROCm or the amdgpu-pro driver. Using both drivers will result in an installation error.