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Prioritize faster devices or limit training to a subset of available hardware. It works with both <a href="https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel.html" rel="nofollow">DistributedDataParallel</a> and <a href="https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.nn.DataParallel.html" rel="nofollow">DataParallel</a>, and doesn’t require Accelerate or the <a href="./main_classes/deepspeed">DeepSpeed integration</a>.</p>  <h2 class="relative group"><a id="order-of-accelerators" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#order-of-accelerators"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>Order of accelerators</span></h2> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1w2konq">Use the hardware-specific environment variable to select accelerators and set their order. Set it on the command line per run, or add it to <code>~/.bashrc</code> or another startup config file.</p> <blockquote class="warning" data-svelte-h="svelte-t0674"><p>Avoid exporting environment variables because if you forget how an environment variable was set up, you may silently train on the wrong accelerators. Set the environment variable on the same command line as the training run.</p></blockquote> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1f0nldy">For example, to select accelerators 0 and 2 out of four:</p> <div class="flex space-x-2 items-center my-1.5 mr-8 h-7 !pl-0 -mx-3 md:mx-0"><div class="flex items-center border rounded-lg px-1.5 py-1 leading-none select-none text-smd border-gray-800 bg-black dark:bg-gray-700 text-white">CUDA </div><div class="flex items-center border rounded-lg px-1.5 py-1 leading-none select-none text-smd text-gray-500 cursor-pointer opacity-90 hover:text-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200 hover:shadow-sm">Intel XPU </div></div> <div class="language-select"><div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5   text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-cli "><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-attribute">CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES</span>=<span class="hljs-number">0</span>,<span class="hljs-number">2</span> torchrun trainer-program.py ...<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-3fgke4">PyTorch sees only GPUs 0 and 2, which are mapped to <code>cuda:0</code> and <code>cuda:1</code>. To reverse the order (use GPU 2 as <code>cuda:0</code> and GPU 0 as <code>cuda:1</code>):</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5   text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; 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border-right-color: transparent; "></div> Copied</div></button></div> <pre class="language-cli "><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-attr">CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES</span>= python trainer-program.py ...<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1q26o6f">Control the order of CUDA devices with <code>CUDA_DEVICE_ORDER</code>.</p> <ul><li><p data-svelte-h="svelte-t0t69l">Order by PCIe bus ID (matches <code>nvidia-smi</code>):</p> <div class="code-block relative "><div class="absolute top-2.5 right-4"><button class="inline-flex items-center relative text-sm focus:text-green-500 cursor-pointer focus:outline-none transition duration-200 ease-in-out opacity-0 mx-0.5   text-gray-600 " title="code excerpt" type="button"><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M28,10V28H10V10H28m0-2H10a2,2,0,0,0-2,2V28a2,2,0,0,0,2,2H28a2,2,0,0,0,2-2V10a2,2,0,0,0-2-2Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><path d="M4,18H2V4A2,2,0,0,1,4,2H18V4H4Z" transform="translate(0)"></path><rect fill="none" width="32" height="32"></rect></svg> <div class="absolute pointer-events-none transition-opacity bg-black text-white py-1 px-2 leading-tight rounded font-normal shadow left-1/2 top-full transform -translate-x-1/2 translate-y-2 opacity-0"><div class="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 w-0 h-0 border-black border-4 border-t-0" style="border-left-color: transparent; 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