OpenCL vs CUDA for editing

[SAV1OUR]

ok so i have been slightly confused lately over whats better. i have heard arguments from both sides saying that their both good, what one would be better for editing and rendering videos and why? 

[megadarkwood]

I use OpenCL on Sony Vegas, it makes a noticeable difference (against no acceleration)

[SAV1OUR]

It depends on the editor you're using. CPU & RAM is more important than GPU for editing anyway. 

most of the time when rendering videos the editings being done on the gpu

[SAV1OUR]

Link to source?

dont have a source but from what i see when im editing out the gpu picks up a bit

[bamerx98]

For rendering it depends on the card your running if you've got an AMD card you can only use open cl and its going to beast though anything, with the Nvidia cards there not nearly as good at open cl but cuda is there pro, personally don't have much use with Cuda acceleration in premiere as I run a AMD card but open cl acceleration does help a bunch.

[Guest]

Opencl is better but not as supported

[GoodBytes]

In reality is depends on the coding of the CUDA or OpenCL side. Well coded and optimized features will perform great on both.

I think the best thing you can do, is look at the software you are interested in and see which it performs best with your hardware that you have or plan to get.

If you are programming, than look at the strength and weaknesses of both, and pick the path that suits best for you.

[WoodenMarker]

It really depends on what specifically you're using and doing. They're similar technologies that have been worked on in different ways with varying levels of support and development in different areas.