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# Benchmarks
This section is dedicated to the Benchmarks done by the library, both by maintainers, contributors and users. These
benchmark will help keep track of the preformance improvements that are brought to our models across versions.
## Benchmarking all models for inference
As of version 2.1 we have benchmarked all models for inference, across many different settings: using PyTorch, with
and without TorchScript, using TensorFlow, with and without XLA. All of those tests were done across CPUs (except for
TensorFlow XLA) and GPUs.
The approach is detailed in the [following blogpost](https://medium.com/huggingface/benchmarking-transformers-pytorch-and-tensorflow-e2917fb891c2)
The results are available [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sryqufw2D0XlUH4sq3e9Wnxu5EAQkaohzrJbd5HdQ_w/edit?usp=sharing).
## TF2 with mixed precision, XLA, Distribution (@tlkh)
This work was done by [Timothy Liu](https://github.com/tlkh).
There are very positive results to be gained from the various TensorFlow 2.0 features:
- Automatic Mixed Precision (AMP)
- XLA compiler
- Distribution strategies (multi-GPU)
The benefits are listed here (tested on CoLA, MRPC, SST-2):
- AMP: Between 1.4x to 1.6x decrease in overall time without change in batch size
- AMP+XLA: Up to 2.5x decrease in overall time on SST-2 (larger dataset)
- Distribution: Between 1.4x to 3.4x decrease in overall time on 4xV100
- Combined: Up to 5.7x decrease in overall training time, or 9.1x training throughput
The model quality (measured by the validation accuracy) fluctuates slightly. Taking an average of 4 training runs
on a single GPU gives the following results:
- CoLA: AMP results in slighter lower acc (0.820 vs 0.824)
- MRPC: AMP results in lower acc (0.823 vs 0.835)
- SST-2: AMP results in slighter lower acc (0.918 vs 0.922)
However, in a distributed setting with 4xV100 (4x batch size), AMP can yield in better results:
CoLA: AMP results in higher acc (0.828 vs 0.812)
MRPC: AMP results in lower acc (0.817 vs 0.827)
SST-2: AMP results in slightly lower acc (0.926 vs 0.929)
The benchmark script is available [here](https://github.com/NVAITC/benchmarking/blob/master/tf2/bert_dist.py).
Note: on some tasks (e.g. MRPC), the dataset is too small. The overhead due to the model compilation with XLA as well
as the distribution strategy setup does not speed things up. The XLA compile time is also the reason why although throughput
can increase a lot (e.g. 2.7x for single GPU), overall (end-to-end) training speed-up is not as fast (as low as 1.4x)
The benefits as seen on SST-2 (larger dataset) is much clear.
All results can be seen on this [Google Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1538MN224EzjbRL239sqSiUy6YY-rAjHyXhTzz_Zptls/edit#gid=960868445).

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Benchmarks
==========
Let's take a look at how 🤗 Transformer models can be benchmarked, best practices, and already available benchmarks.
A notebook explaining in more detail how to benchmark 🤗 Transformer models can be found `here <https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/notebooks/05-benchmark.ipynb>`__.
How to benchmark 🤗 Transformer models
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The classes :class:`~transformers.PyTorchBenchmark` and :class:`~transformers.TensorFlowBenchmark` allow to flexibly benchmark 🤗 Transformer models.
The benchmark classes allow us to measure the `peak memory usage` and `required time` for both
`inference` and `training`.
.. note::
Hereby, `inference` is defined by a single forward pass, and `training` is defined by a single forward pass and backward pass.
The benchmark classes :class:`~transformers.PyTorchBenchmark` and :class:`~transformers.TensorFlowBenchmark` expect an object of type :class:`~transformers.PyTorchBenchmarkArguments` and :class:`~transformers.TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments`, respectively, for instantiation. :class:`~transformers.PyTorchBenchmarkArguments` and :class:`~transformers.TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments` are data classes and contain all relevant configurations for their corresponding benchmark class.
In the following example, it is shown how a BERT model of type `bert-base-cased` can be benchmarked.
.. code-block::
>>> ## PYTORCH CODE
>>> from transformers import PyTorchBenchmark, PyTorchBenchmarkArguments
>>> args = PyTorchBenchmarkArguments(models=["bert-base-uncased"], batch_sizes=[8], sequence_lengths=[8, 32, 128, 512])
>>> benchmark = PyTorchBenchmark(args)
>>> ## TENSORFLOW CODE
>>> from transformers import TensorFlowBenchmark, TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments
>>> args = TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments(models=["bert-base-uncased"], batch_sizes=[8], sequence_lengths=[8, 32, 128, 512])
>>> benchmark = TensorFlowBenchmark(args)
Here, three arguments are given to the benchmark argument data classes, namely ``models``, ``batch_sizes``, and ``sequence_lengths``. The argument ``models`` is required and expects a :obj:`list` of model identifiers from the `model hub <https://huggingface.co/models>`__
The :obj:`list` arguments ``batch_sizes`` and ``sequence_lengths`` define the size of the ``input_ids`` on which the model is benchmarked.
There are many more parameters that can be configured via the benchmark argument data classes. For more detail on these one can either directly consult the files
``src/transformers/benchmark/benchmark_args_utils.py``, ``src/transformers/benchmark/benchmark_args.py`` (for PyTorch) and ``src/transformers/benchmark/benchmark_args_tf.py`` (for Tensorflow).
Alternatively, running the following shell commands from root will print out a descriptive list of all configurable parameters for PyTorch and Tensorflow respectively.
.. code-block::
>>> ## PYTORCH CODE
python examples/benchmarking/run_benchmark.py --help
>>> ## TENSORFLOW CODE
python examples/benchmarking/run_benchmark_tf.py --help
An instantiated benchmark object can then simply be run by calling ``benchmark.run()``.
.. code-block::
>>> ## PYTORCH CODE
>>> results = benchmark.run()
>>> print(results)
==================== INFERENCE - SPEED - RESULT ====================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Time in s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base-uncased 8 8 0.006
bert-base-uncased 8 32 0.006
bert-base-uncased 8 128 0.018
bert-base-uncased 8 512 0.088
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== INFERENCE - MEMORY - RESULT ====================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Memory in MB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base-uncased 8 8 1227
bert-base-uncased 8 32 1281
bert-base-uncased 8 128 1307
bert-base-uncased 8 512 1539
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION ====================
- transformers_version: 2.11.0
- framework: PyTorch
- use_torchscript: False
- framework_version: 1.4.0
- python_version: 3.6.10
- system: Linux
- cpu: x86_64
- architecture: 64bit
- date: 2020-06-29
- time: 08:58:43.371351
- fp16: False
- use_multiprocessing: True
- only_pretrain_model: False
- cpu_ram_mb: 32088
- use_gpu: True
- num_gpus: 1
- gpu: TITAN RTX
- gpu_ram_mb: 24217
- gpu_power_watts: 280.0
- gpu_performance_state: 2
- use_tpu: False
>>> ## TENSORFLOW CODE
>>> results = benchmark.run()
>>> print(results)
==================== INFERENCE - SPEED - RESULT ====================
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Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Time in s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base-uncased 8 8 0.005
bert-base-uncased 8 32 0.008
bert-base-uncased 8 128 0.022
bert-base-uncased 8 512 0.105
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== INFERENCE - MEMORY - RESULT ====================
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Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Memory in MB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base-uncased 8 8 1330
bert-base-uncased 8 32 1330
bert-base-uncased 8 128 1330
bert-base-uncased 8 512 1770
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION ====================
- transformers_version: 2.11.0
- framework: Tensorflow
- use_xla: False
- framework_version: 2.2.0
- python_version: 3.6.10
- system: Linux
- cpu: x86_64
- architecture: 64bit
- date: 2020-06-29
- time: 09:26:35.617317
- fp16: False
- use_multiprocessing: True
- only_pretrain_model: False
- cpu_ram_mb: 32088
- use_gpu: True
- num_gpus: 1
- gpu: TITAN RTX
- gpu_ram_mb: 24217
- gpu_power_watts: 280.0
- gpu_performance_state: 2
- use_tpu: False
By default, the `time` and the `required memory` for `inference` are benchmarked.
In the example output above the first two sections show the result corresponding to `inference time` and `inference memory`.
In addition, all relevant information about the computing environment, `e.g.` the GPU type, the system, the library versions, etc... are printed out in the third section under `ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION`.
This information can optionally be saved in a `.csv` file when adding the argument :obj:`save_to_csv=True` to :class:`~transformers.PyTorchBenchmarkArguments` and :class:`~transformers.TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments` respectively.
In this case, every section is saved in a separate `.csv` file. The path to each `.csv` file can optionally be defined via the argument data classes.
Instead of benchmarking pre-trained models via their model identifier, `e.g.` `bert-base-uncased`, the user can alternatively benchmark an arbitrary configuration of any available model class.
In this case, a :obj:`list` of configurations must be inserted with the benchmark args as follows.
.. code-block::
>>> ## PYTORCH CODE
>>> from transformers import PyTorchBenchmark, PyTorchBenchmarkArguments, BertConfig
>>> args = PyTorchBenchmarkArguments(models=["bert-base", "bert-384-hid", "bert-6-lay"], batch_sizes=[8], sequence_lengths=[8, 32, 128, 512])
>>> config_base = BertConfig()
>>> config_384_hid = BertConfig(hidden_size=384)
>>> config_6_lay = BertConfig(num_hidden_layers=6)
>>> benchmark = PyTorchBenchmark(args, configs=[config_base, config_384_hid, config_6_lay])
>>> benchmark.run()
==================== INFERENCE - SPEED - RESULT ====================
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Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Time in s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base 8 128 0.006
bert-base 8 512 0.006
bert-base 8 128 0.018
bert-base 8 512 0.088
bert-384-hid 8 8 0.006
bert-384-hid 8 32 0.006
bert-384-hid 8 128 0.011
bert-384-hid 8 512 0.054
bert-6-lay 8 8 0.003
bert-6-lay 8 32 0.004
bert-6-lay 8 128 0.009
bert-6-lay 8 512 0.044
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== INFERENCE - MEMORY - RESULT ====================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Memory in MB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base 8 8 1277
bert-base 8 32 1281
bert-base 8 128 1307
bert-base 8 512 1539
bert-384-hid 8 8 1005
bert-384-hid 8 32 1027
bert-384-hid 8 128 1035
bert-384-hid 8 512 1255
bert-6-lay 8 8 1097
bert-6-lay 8 32 1101
bert-6-lay 8 128 1127
bert-6-lay 8 512 1359
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION ====================
- transformers_version: 2.11.0
- framework: PyTorch
- use_torchscript: False
- framework_version: 1.4.0
- python_version: 3.6.10
- system: Linux
- cpu: x86_64
- architecture: 64bit
- date: 2020-06-29
- time: 09:35:25.143267
- fp16: False
- use_multiprocessing: True
- only_pretrain_model: False
- cpu_ram_mb: 32088
- use_gpu: True
- num_gpus: 1
- gpu: TITAN RTX
- gpu_ram_mb: 24217
- gpu_power_watts: 280.0
- gpu_performance_state: 2
- use_tpu: False
>>> ## TENSORFLOW CODE
>>> from transformers import TensorFlowBenchmark, TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments, BertConfig
>>> args = TensorFlowBenchmarkArguments(models=["bert-base", "bert-384-hid", "bert-6-lay"], batch_sizes=[8], sequence_lengths=[8, 32, 128, 512])
>>> config_base = BertConfig()
>>> config_384_hid = BertConfig(hidden_size=384)
>>> config_6_lay = BertConfig(num_hidden_layers=6)
>>> benchmark = TensorFlowBenchmark(args, configs=[config_base, config_384_hid, config_6_lay])
>>> benchmark.run()
==================== INFERENCE - SPEED - RESULT ====================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Time in s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base 8 8 0.005
bert-base 8 32 0.008
bert-base 8 128 0.022
bert-base 8 512 0.106
bert-384-hid 8 8 0.005
bert-384-hid 8 32 0.007
bert-384-hid 8 128 0.018
bert-384-hid 8 512 0.064
bert-6-lay 8 8 0.002
bert-6-lay 8 32 0.003
bert-6-lay 8 128 0.0011
bert-6-lay 8 512 0.074
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== INFERENCE - MEMORY - RESULT ====================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name Batch Size Seq Length Memory in MB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bert-base 8 8 1330
bert-base 8 32 1330
bert-base 8 128 1330
bert-base 8 512 1770
bert-384-hid 8 8 1330
bert-384-hid 8 32 1330
bert-384-hid 8 128 1330
bert-384-hid 8 512 1540
bert-6-lay 8 8 1330
bert-6-lay 8 32 1330
bert-6-lay 8 128 1330
bert-6-lay 8 512 1540
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
==================== ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION ====================
- transformers_version: 2.11.0
- framework: Tensorflow
- use_xla: False
- framework_version: 2.2.0
- python_version: 3.6.10
- system: Linux
- cpu: x86_64
- architecture: 64bit
- date: 2020-06-29
- time: 09:38:15.487125
- fp16: False
- use_multiprocessing: True
- only_pretrain_model: False
- cpu_ram_mb: 32088
- use_gpu: True
- num_gpus: 1
- gpu: TITAN RTX
- gpu_ram_mb: 24217
- gpu_power_watts: 280.0
- gpu_performance_state: 2
- use_tpu: False
Again, `inference time` and `required memory` for `inference` are measured, but this time for customized configurations of the :obj:`BertModel` class. This feature can especially be helpful when
deciding for which configuration the model should be trained.
Benchmark best practices
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This section lists a couple of best practices one should be aware of when benchmarking a model.
- Currently, only single device benchmarking is supported. When benchmarking on GPU, it is recommended that the user
specifies on which device the code should be run by setting the ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES`` environment variable in the shell, `e.g.` ``export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0`` before running the code.
- The option :obj:`no_multi_processing` should only be set to :obj:`True` for testing and debugging. To ensure accurate memory measurement it is recommended to run each memory benchmark in a separate process by making sure :obj:`no_multi_processing` is set to :obj:`True`.
- One should always state the environment information when sharing the results of a model benchmark. Results can vary heavily between different GPU devices, library versions, etc., so that benchmark results on their own are not very useful for the community.
Sharing your benchmark
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously all available core models (10 at the time) have been benchmarked for `inference time`, across many different settings: using PyTorch, with
and without TorchScript, using TensorFlow, with and without XLA. All of those tests were done across CPUs (except for
TensorFlow XLA) and GPUs.
The approach is detailed in the `following blogpost <https://medium.com/huggingface/benchmarking-transformers-pytorch-and-tensorflow-e2917fb891c2>`__ and the results are available `here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sryqufw2D0XlUH4sq3e9Wnxu5EAQkaohzrJbd5HdQ_w/edit?usp=sharing>`__.
With the new `benchmark` tools, it is easier than ever to share your benchmark results with the community `here <https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/examples/benchmarking/README.md>`__.