# How many GPUs are needed?

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/how-many-gpus-are-needed/6256>\
**Category:** Image Similarity Challenge\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/how-many-gpus-are-needed/6256 "2021-07-06T05:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![lzhbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lzhbrian](https://community.drivendata.org/u/lzhbrian)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/how-many-gpus-are-needed/6256/1 "2021-07-06T05:49:50Z")

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Hi all. I am selecting competition to attend, and are with limited resources.  
Can anyone kindly tell me normally how many GPUs (say 1080Ti or equivalent) are needed for this competition?

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**Author:** ![isms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.drivendata.org/isms/32/9_2.png) [@isms](https://community.drivendata.org/u/isms)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/how-many-gpus-are-needed/6256/2 "2021-07-06T13:40:13Z")

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Hi, this would totally depend on the type and complexity of the models you are trying to fit. In general you can probably do most of the same modeling either way, but it would be faster with a more powerful GPU or multiple GPUs.