Benefits of Cloud GPU over Consumer GPU | Cloud GPU | Consumer GPU | |
24/7 Uptime | Guaranteed quality in a server | Server-Grade Engineering > Lower operating voltage for longer reliability > Zero-error testing at aggressive clocks > Error Correction Code (ECC) for data integrity | PC-Grade Engineering |
Reduced thermal stress for uncompromised reliability | Forced Air Cooling Design > Designed for maximum airflow in a server > Lower GPU temperature for reliability > Lower power consumption | Active Fan Design > Fan works against server airflow > GPU runs up to 30-40% hotter, increasing failure rate > Higher power consumption | |
Higher data center availability and serviceability | Dynamic Page Retirement > Monitors and removes bad memory with simple reboot | N/A: Need to physically remove GPU with bad memory | |
Scalable Performance | Scalable Application performance across nodes | GPU Direct RDMA > Direct transfers between GPUs > 67% lower latency > 5X higher GPU-to-GPU MPI bandwidth | N/A |
Strong scaling performance in a node | NVIDIA NVLink™ > 5X higher GPU-to-GPU bandwidth > Linear strong scaling for lots of GPUs | N/A | |
Deploy large models | > Up to 32 GB HBM2 for Tesla V100 | 4 GB to 12 GB |
