Mac-optimized TensorFlow flexes new M1 and GPU muscles

Mac-optimized TensorFlow flexes new M1 and GPU muscles

4 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/18/mac-optimized-tensorflow-flexes-new-m1-and-gpu-muscles/

A new Mac-optimized fork of machine learning environment TensorFlow posts some major performance increases. Although a big part of that is that until now the GPU wasn’t used for training tasks (!), M1-based devices see even further gains, suggesting a spate of popular workflow optimizations like this one are incoming.

Announced on both TensorFlow and Apple’s blogs, the improved Mac version shows in the best case more than a 10x improvement in speed for common training tasks.