Learn PyTorch

Code experimenting with PyTorch using Intel architecture (i.e., Intel Core Ultra processor with iGPU) or xpu.

After installing ipex-llm which is required to use Intel GPUs (see documentation in Links), you can should have access to conda and be able to import torch normally.

Setup

1. Activate the conda environment

conda activate llm-pt26

2. Set the necessary environmental variables:

unset OCL_ICD_VENDORS
export SYCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT=1
export SYCL_PI_LEVEL_ZERO_USE_IMMEDIATE_COMMANDLISTS=1

3. (Optional) Confirm if XPU is detected

$ python # go intou the python shell

$ import torch
$ torch.xpu.is_available()
$ torch.xpu.get_device_name()

Links

• Install IPEX-LLM on Intel GPU with PyTorch 2.6
• Get started with PyTorch locally