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Very slow training

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Description

I am training graphormer-slim on a custom dataset with 5K graphs and the loss is coming down nicely. However, the GPU utilization is close to zero while the CPU processes (16) are very busy, which means that the CPU is the bottleneck and I could be training much faster...

Is there anyway to make the CPU side faster?

details:
graphs in DGL format
50-100 nodes per graph
1-3 edges per node

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing training on the described 5K-graph DGL dataset and profiling CPU work versus GPU utilization; done means identifying a specific CPU bottleneck and demonstrating faster training or clearly documenting the limiting step.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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