2X training speed improvement: prefetch next batch from the data loader while running current batch #1987
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This improves my training speed by 2x. This fetches the next batch of images while processing the current batch. Results may vary based on system.
My setup:
2x NVIDIA 4090
10900k
64GB RAM
M.2 Storage for coco dataset
Epoch time: 34 minutes to 14 minutes.