NVIDIA / NVIDIA/apex

Difference in performance between Python only APEX and compiled with C++ and CUDA on a single GPU training instance?

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Description

Does a single GPU training instance have the same performance boost as the distributed parallel case?

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The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by identifying the single-GPU and distributed training paths in Apex, then run comparable benchmarks for Python-only and compiled C++/CUDA configurations. Done means documenting whether the performance boost is equivalent and explaining any measured difference.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, python, pytorch
Domain
distributed-systems, machine-learning, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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