Tensorflow doesn't recognize GPU

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#1

I am trying to install tensorflow on my desktop but am having issues.

I am using:

  • Windows 10 home edition
  • python 3.10.9
  • tensorflow 2.10.0
  • cudatoolkit 11.2.2
  • cudnn 8.1.0.77
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
  • Driver version 516.94

I followed this guide with the only difference that I used Anaconda instead of miniconda.

I also followed this video to install the CudaToolKit and cudNN libraries, and copied over the CUDNN libs into the cuda tool kit folder

The tensorflow installation guide mentions 2 verification commands.

For the first one i get this output:

>python -c "import tensorflow as tf; print(tf.reduce_sum(tf.random.normal([1000, 1000])))"
2023-06-13 20:15:11.453525: I tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:193] This TensorFlow binary is optimized with oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library (oneDNN) to use the following CPU instructions in performance-critical operations:  AVX2
To enable them in other operations, rebuild TensorFlow with the appropriate compiler flags.
2023-06-13 20:15:11.456435: I tensorflow/core/common_runtime/process_util.cc:146] Creating new thread pool with default inter op setting: 2. Tune using inter_op_parallelism_threads for best performance.
tf.Tensor(-1362.5055, shape=(), dtype=float32)

For the second one I get this output:

>python -c "import tensorflow as tf; print(tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU'))"                                                                                                                              
[]

it seems like tensorflow is installed, but it cannot find my GPU. Any pointers as to what could have gone wrong?

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#3

@hashbang,

Welcome to the Tensorflow Forum!

According to tested build configurations, please try the following combinations

conda install -c conda-forge cudatoolkit=11.2 cudnn=8.1.0

Thank you!

#4

@chunduriv That is exactly what I did, also I know for a fact I am using those versions, because I checked in the anaconda navigator.

I pasted the versions Iā€™m using in my original post above.

Is there anything else I should look at?

The video i had linked recommended installing the CudaToolkit and cuDNN DLLs from NVIDIA website. Should i uninstall them?

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#7

@hashbang,

Yes, i suspect issue may be due to difference in the minor versions.

Could you please share output of nvidia-smi ?

Thank you!

#9

Here is the output:

>nvidia-smi
Fri Jun 16 17:02:06 2023
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 516.94       Driver Version: 516.94       CUDA Version: 11.7     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name            TCC/WDDM | Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce ... WDDM  | 00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
|  0%   39C    P8    16W / 198W |    711MiB /  8192MiB |      1%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      7448    C+G   C:\Windows\explorer.exe         N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A      7900    C+G   ...artMenuExperienceHost.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A      8404    C+G   ...2txyewy\TextInputHost.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A      9416    C+G   ...5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     10792    C+G   ...perience\NVIDIA Share.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     10816    C+G   ...e\PhoneExperienceHost.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     11748    C+G   ...in7x64\steamwebhelper.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     12100    C+G   ...ge\Application\msedge.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     12316    C+G   ...8wekyb3d8bbwe\Cortana.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     13504    C+G   ...me\Application\chrome.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     14824    C+G   ...\app-1.0.9013\Discord.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     15396    C+G   ...icrosoft VS Code\Code.exe    N/A      |
|    0   N/A  N/A     16148    C+G   ...lPanel\SystemSettings.exe    N/A      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

seems like im using CUDA 11.7, but when i try go to add/remove program i only see CUDA 11.2 related dependencies

#10

Actually, i was able to install pytorch, since pytorch supports cuda 11.7.

I guess i can proceed with pytorch instead. Thanks!

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