Summary
CPUs are best for data work like ETL, feature engineering, SQL, and classical machine learning, while GPUs are designed for deep learning workloads such as fine-tuning LLMs and training neural networks. Databricks AI Runtime simplifies GPU usage by providing serverless Nvidia GPUs, removing the need for manual infrastructure setup and allowing seamless transitions between CPU for data prep and GPU for model training within the Databricks environment.
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