NVIDIA CUDA cuDNN Caffe vs. Intel CPUs On Linux Run
NVIDIA CUDA Caffe build versus CPU-only Caffe build with both AlexNet and GoogleNet. Tests by Michael Larabel and all tests on same system sans switching out CPUs for other CPU-only runs.


GeForce GTX TITAN X: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

GeForce GTX 1080: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1604/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

GeForce GTX 950: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

GeForce GTX 1080 Zotac: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H170-Gaming 3, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 63488MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA Device 1b80, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-38-generic (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600


Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Iterations: 200 - Build: AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Xeon E5-2687W v3 ....... 427198.00 |======================
Core i7-5960X .......... 424764.00 |======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........ 831629.00 |===========================================
GeForce GTX TITAN X .... 2297.70   |
GeForce GTX 1080 ....... 1990.28   |
GeForce GTX 950 ........ 6141.34   |
GeForce GTX 1080 Zotac . 1793.67   |


Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Build: CPU AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Xeon E5-2687W v3 ....... 427198 |========================
Core i7-5960X .......... 424764 |=======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........ 831629 |==============================================
GeForce GTX 1080 Zotac . 357507 |====================


Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Iterations: 200 - Build: Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Xeon E5-2687W v3 ....... 825606.00  |======================
Core i7-5960X .......... 814653.00  |=====================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........ 1603103.00 |==========================================
GeForce GTX TITAN X .... 6410.67    |
GeForce GTX 1080 ....... 5391.08    |
GeForce GTX 950 ........ 14154.97   |
GeForce GTX 1080 Zotac . 4507.88    |


Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11
Build: CPU Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Xeon E5-2687W v3 ....... 825606  |=======================
Core i7-5960X .......... 814653  |=======================
Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........ 1603103 |=============================================
GeForce GTX 1080 Zotac . 707479  |====================