Apache SINGA vs NVIDIA cuDNN
Apache SINGA
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| Figure | Apache SINGA | NVIDIA cuDNN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Deep Learning Software | 8.2 (#8) | 7.5 (#20) |
| Installation | The site documents installation using pip, Docker, or from source, and also lists Conda as an installation option. | NVIDIA provides cuDNN downloads and installation options including pip, Docker, and package managers. |
| License | The SINGA history page says the project is released under Apache License Version 2.0. | Downloading and using cuDNN requires compliance with the NVIDIA Software License Agreement. |
| Support | The project lists mailing lists, issue tracking, and a security page under its community resources. | NVIDIA provides cuDNN documentation and a developer forum from the product page. |
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In their own words
Apache SINGA
Apache SINGA is a free distributed deep-learning library for training deep-learning and machine-learning models. Its listed training mode is local, with data-parallel training across multiple GPUs on one node or across multiple nodes. GPU packages use CUDA and cuDNN, and Docker images are available for Nvidia GPUs. Installation options include pip, Docker, Conda, and source builds; pip documentation covers Python 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11. SINGA supports Python and C++, loads ONNX models, and can save models defined through its APIs in ONNX format. Optimizers listed include momentum-based stochastic gradient descent, Adam, RMSProp, and AdaGrad. Models can be queried in an RDBMS. The repository and Google Colab provide domain-specific models, including healthcare and science examples. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted environments, with on-premises deployment and Apache License 2.0 licensing.
NVIDIA cuDNN
NVIDIA cuDNN has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.