Overview

• AMD claims its RX 7900 XTX GPU outperforms Nvidia's RTX 4090 by up to 13% in DeepSeek R1 AI benchmarks, with even greater gains against the RTX 4080 Super.
• The RX 7900 XTX excelled in specific configurations, including a 34% lead over the RTX 4080 Super using Distill Qwen 7B and an 11% lead over the RTX 4090 with Distill Llama 8B.
• DeepSeek R1's efficiency, reportedly 11 times higher than competitors, has been optimized for consumer-grade GPUs, including AMD's RDNA 3 architecture and Ryzen AI CPUs.
• AMD released detailed instructions for running DeepSeek R1 locally on Radeon GPUs and Ryzen AI CPUs, requiring Adrenalin 25.1.1 drivers and LM Studio software.
• The DeepSeek R1 AI model is compatible with a range of AMD hardware, offering privacy advantages by enabling local processing without reliance on external servers.