1080 vs 2060 for deeplearning

Submitted by ccppoo0 t3_xzj2qc in deeplearning

Hi Im managing University club and looking for GPU for deeplearning for club members

Im considering 1080 and 2060 due to budget

it will be used for years also for later members

1080 powerful but released in 2016

2060 could be less powerful but more recent

so I think I should choose 2060

what do you guys think?

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DaltonSC2 t1_iro5w0u wrote

Throw a pizza party with your money and use google colab instead

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braintampon t1_irow1qf wrote

I agree. I was joking myself when i built myself a pc for deep learning couple years ago. Selling it off within this month to get a macbook and will invest in colab/sagemaker.

dm if any1 is lookin to buy lol

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rlopes404 t1_irqsktv wrote

Why do you think it's a better idea to invest in colab/sagemaker instead of buying a gpu?

I think the monthly fees over the long run will exceed a gpu price.

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zero_one_memrisor t1_irmq3x3 wrote

While I agree with the general statement that tensor core are better to have, memory on device is a bigger limiting factor in the long run.

Depending on the model, deep learning can require a significant amount of memory for training. I would suggest you save a little more and go for a 2070 (8GB) or if you can swing it the 3070 with 8GB.

(Edited with correction on the amount of memory available for the 3070)

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chatterbox272 t1_irmiy5h wrote

Neither are great choices, but I wouldn't buy a 10-series for DL anymore. You're giving up a lot by not having tensor cores.

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ccppoo0 OP t1_irmj8f3 wrote

I got a offer 1080 for $110 so thats why 1080 was in the choice

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suflaj t1_irmuzmw wrote

2060 if it's the 8 GB version, otherwise 1080. But obviously the best would be to not waste your money and just buy cloud compute... With these cards being 200-300$, that is roughly 200-300 hours of A100 training, which is much faster and enables you to train much larger models.

EDIT: I see you've gotten a 110$ offer for 1080, I'd say go with that. You'll be severely limited in what you can run but after you learn your lesson you can still sell it for 100$, or even more.

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ccppoo0 OP t1_irme5ds wrote

currently using 1650 d6 4gb

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Alienbushman t1_irq679z wrote

Use colab, if you are treating the computer like a server colab should be a lot better

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