Which GPUs to Get for Deep Learning

Re:Which GPUs to Get for Deep Learning by touristtam on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @06:42AM (#9099993)

> Another important factor to consider however, is that the Maxwell and Fermi architecture (Maxwell 900 series; Fermi 400 and 500 series) are quite a bit faster than the Kepler architecture (600 and 700 series);

Where are the citation for this? I have heard about the disappointing benchmarks when the 600 serie launched, but this is uncommon as far as I know in the GPU marked to have sub part drivers on launch. Plus if you are following a tic-toc strategy like Intel does, you should rarely go for the tic iteration in my opinion. So is this just a claim from the author or is there something to back this statement up?

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Re:Which GPUs to Get for Deep Learning by timdettmers on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @08:16AM (#9100299)

There are several cryptocurrency mining benchmarks which are bandwidth bound; those benchmarks reflect almost one to one the deep learning performance of a GPU. You can see this for example for litecoin mining: https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

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