diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript b/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
index 0704dd4704..28d60b9e00 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import glob
 
 Import('env', 'envCython', 'arch', 'cereal', 'messaging', 'common', 'gpucommon', 'visionipc', 'transformations')
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ common_src = [
   "transforms/transform.cc",
 ]
 
-
 # OpenCL is a framework on Mac
 if arch == "Darwin":
   frameworks += ['OpenCL']
@@ -40,15 +40,16 @@ for model_name in ['driving_vision', 'driving_policy']:
 
 # Compile tinygrad model
 pythonpath_string = 'PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:' + env.Dir("#tinygrad_repo").abspath + '"'
-if arch == 'larch64':
-  device_string = 'QCOM=1'
-elif arch == 'Darwin':
-  device_string = 'CLANG=1 IMAGE=0 JIT=2'
-else:
-  device_string = 'LLVM=1 LLVMOPT=1 BEAM=0 IMAGE=0 JIT=2'
-
 for model_name in ['driving_vision', 'driving_policy', 'dmonitoring_model']:
+  if "USBGPU" in os.environ and not model_name.startswith("dmon"):
+    device_string = "AMD=1 AMD_LLVM=1 NOLOCALS=0 IMAGE=0"
+  elif arch == 'larch64':
+    device_string = 'QCOM=1'
+  elif arch == 'Darwin':
+    device_string = 'CLANG=1 IMAGE=0 JIT=2'
+  else:
+    device_string = 'LLVM=1 LLVMOPT=1 BEAM=0 IMAGE=0 JIT=2'
+
   fn = File(f"models/{model_name}").abspath
   cmd = f'{pythonpath_string} {device_string} python3 {Dir("#tinygrad_repo").abspath}/examples/openpilot/compile3.py {fn}.onnx {fn}_tinygrad.pkl'
   lenv.Command(fn + "_tinygrad.pkl", [fn + ".onnx"] + tinygrad_files, cmd)
-
diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.py b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.py
index 814bc7a999..cdb16a6f63 100755
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.py
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 from openpilot.system.hardware import TICI
-if TICI:
+USBGPU = "USBGPU" in os.environ
+if USBGPU:
+  os.environ['AMD'] = '1'
+elif TICI:
   from openpilot.selfdrive.modeld.runners.tinygrad_helpers import qcom_tensor_from_opencl_address
   os.environ['QCOM'] = '1'
 else:
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ class ModelState:
     imgs_cl = {'input_imgs': self.frames['input_imgs'].prepare(buf, transform.flatten()),
                'big_input_imgs': self.frames['big_input_imgs'].prepare(wbuf, transform_wide.flatten())}
 
-    if TICI:
+    if TICI and not USBGPU:
       # The imgs tensors are backed by opencl memory, only need init once
       for key in imgs_cl:
         if key not in self.vision_inputs:
@@ -188,7 +191,10 @@ def main(demo=False):
   sentry.set_tag("daemon", PROCESS_NAME)
   cloudlog.bind(daemon=PROCESS_NAME)
   setproctitle(PROCESS_NAME)
-  config_realtime_process(7, 54)
+  if not USBGPU:
+    # USB GPU currently saturates a core so can't do this yet,
+    # also need to move the aux USB interrupts for good timings
+    config_realtime_process(7, 54)
 
   cloudlog.warning("setting up CL context")
   cl_context = CLContext()