[Solved] OpenCL and Blender 2.8

[johnny28]

I have installed Blender 2.8, but in the preferences it is not recognized that my graphics card is OpenCL compatible. My Graphics Card is a Radeon RX 580 and OS X is Catalina.

 

[johnny28]

Geebench 5

 

[Snowy]

OpenCL is no longer supported.

I am seriously considering going back to Windows for 3D which would be a pity because I love OSX design and workflow.

 

[jaymonkey]

I have installed Blender 2.8, but in the preferences it is not recognized that my graphics card is OpenCL compatible. My Graphics Card is a Radeon RX 580 and OS X is Catalina.

@johnny28,

Try using AMD's "Radeon ProRender for Blender" plugin which allows Blender to use Apples Metal 2 API :-
Details of the plug can be found in this AMD blog from last year :-

Radeon ProRender for Blender and Maya: macOS Versions Available Now

[Originally posted on 04/09/18] macOS® versions of the Radeon™ ProRender plug-ins for Blender™ and Maya® are now available for artists using Apple® Mac® systems, and support Apple’s Metal® 2 API and external GPUs1 for maximum rendering performance. Radeon ProRender is AMD’s powerful...

community.amd.com

You can download the plugin from AMD's support site :-

https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/radeon-prorender-downloads

I believe that the next release of Blender will be optimised for the Metal 2 API without the need for a plug-in.

Cheers
Jay

 

[Karl-Hungus]

Metal 2 with RPR isn't the samething as Cycles with OpenCL at all, they are differnt renderers completly. This thread shouldn't be marked as solved tbh.