> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.livepeer.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hardware Requirements

> The hardware requirements for video miners are based on the computational

The hardware requirements for video miners are based on the computational
resources required for transcoding.

## GPU

A GPU with a built-in hardware video encoder/decoder is **strongly** recommended
because it will materially speed up transcoding and it will be difficult to
compete for work in the marketplace without one. Transcoding capacity will scale
with the number of GPUs available.

Currently, `livepeer` only supports Nvidia GPUs with
[NVENC (hardware video encoder) and NVDEC (hardware video decoder) support](https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new).
For a list of of GPUs that have been tested and that are known to be supported
by `livepeer`, see [this page](/v2/gateways/resources/reference/go-livepeer/gpu-support).

## CPU

CPU transcoding using a software video encoder/decoder is possible, but not
recommended due to its large speed disadvantage relative to GPU
transcoding. If you choose to do CPU transcoding (perhaps to try things out or
as a temporary measure until a GPU is available), generally a CPU with more
cores will improve transcoding speed.

## RAM

TBD.

## Disk

TBD.