Amuse 2.0, AMD’s software for generative AI
Shortly after Intel announced its AI Playground , AMD made a similar announcement.
This is the first release of the software, which is clearly labeled as Beta and in an experimental state. It may not perform as expected, but according to AMD’s blog post, it should already provide a lot of fun for users. The user base will be limited to Ryzen and Radeon users, though.
The Amuse 2.0 software, developed with TensorStack, is designed to be simple to use, without the need to download a lot of external dependencies, use command lines, or run anything other than a single one-click executable. Compared to Intel’s AI Playground, the Amuse software does not support running chatbots based on Large Language Models. Currently, Amuse is only for generative AI for images (for now?)
According to AMD, Amuse uses Stable Diffusion models (open weight models). The software will support AMD Ryzen AI 300 (recently launched Strix Point laptops), AMD Ryzen 8040 (Hawk Point), and Radeon RX 7000 series. The list is rather short, and it’s unclear why Radeon RX 6000 and below are excluded, and why Ryzen 7040 (Phoenix), featuring nearly identical specs to Hawk Point, is not included either. However, it is assumed this will change in the future.
AMUE AI Tool, Source: AMD
AMD recommends 24GB of RAM or higher for Ryzen AI 300 and 32GB of RAM for Ryzen 8040. There’s no memory requirement listed for Radeon RX 7000 GPUs.
Amuse 2.0 features
- No command line needed
- Simple and easy to use
- AMD XDNA™ Super Resolution
- Single executable
- No dependencies
- Auto configuration and model selection
- Paint to Image
- Drawing to Image
- Create your own AI filters
- Multi-stage, ONNX based pipeline (Stable Diffusion, Control Nets, Feature Extractors)
It is worth noting that the tool supports something called XDNA Super Resolution, a special mode that is supposed to upscale images by a factor of 2. Here is a full list of supported features.
Source: AMD