fastai vs NVIDIA cuDNN
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| Figure | fastai | NVIDIA cuDNN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Deep Learning Software | 8.1 (#10) | 7.5 (#20) |
| Installation | The documentation says to install fastai on a machine with `pip install fastai` and recommends installing PyTorch first. | NVIDIA provides cuDNN downloads and installation options including pip, Docker, and package managers. |
| License | The fastai GitHub repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. | Downloading and using cuDNN requires compliance with the NVIDIA Software License Agreement. |
| Purpose | fastai simplifies training fast and accurate neural networks using modern best practices. | cuDNN is a GPU-accelerated library of primitives for deep neural networks. |
| Support | The fast.ai forums include a category for help installing and using the fastai library for users at any level. | NVIDIA provides cuDNN documentation and a developer forum from the product page. |
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