Is it possible to have 1 Nvidia and 1 AMD GPU on the same system?

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I’m primarily using Linux for work, sometimes gaming. For gaming, I would like to keep my 6600 XT, but for work, it’s sometimes required to have CUDA capability. So I wonder if it’s possible to have both GPUs in my system and switch between them for different tasks.

Thanks in advance for any kind of response!

Edit: inxi -Fazy output:

Summary 
System:
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    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 amdgpu.runpm=0 pcie_aspm=off
    amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1 amdgpu.lockup_timeout=3000
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
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    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2409
    date: 12/02/2020
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
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  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
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CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
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  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
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    12: 2758 bogomips: 86269
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Graphics:
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    built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
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  Device-2: Lenovo FHD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
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    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
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    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x285mm (39.88x11.22")
    s-diag: 1052mm (41.43")
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  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.3.0-devel (git-75990e5564) renderer: AMD Radeon
    RX 6600 XT (navi23 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.1.38-1-MANJARO)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
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    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
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  Device-3: Lenovo FHD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
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Network:
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Bluetooth:
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Drives:
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  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
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Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
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Info:
  Processes: 386 Uptime: 11h 21m wakeups: 105 Memory: total: 32 GiB
  available: 31.26 GiB used: 18.54 GiB (59.3%) Init: systemd v: 253
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: 2467 pm: pacman pkgs: 2444 libs: 544 tools: pamac,yay pm: snap
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I never tried that, but it seems that at least on Ubuntu people managed to: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1234274/amd-and-nvidia-gpus-together-on-ubuntu-20-04
It was also two years ago and a lot has changed since then. So it might be a gamble…

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Would it be possible to have 2 separate systems/installs and then share the same home directory? That way you could boot into Nvidia or AMD system but still have the same home directory

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Hi,
I don’t think you need two separate installs.
I think a creative combination of Isolating the GPU and nouveau & nvidia-drivers switching shoud do it.

Just two grub-entries, which isolating the unwanted gpu and load right drivers and copy the needed config files.

I think it could work that way…but maybe there’s an more elegant approach.

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