RoundPipe 0.1.1

Large DNNs training framework for consumer GPUs

High Performance · Easy to Use · Built for Gaming GPUs

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RoundPipe is a large DNN training framework that lets you train huge models on consumer-grade GPUs. On a single 24 GB GPU, you can full fine-tune 32B-parameter models, LoRA fine-tune up to 235B, and handle 64K+ token sequences, with throughput approaching datacenter-class hardware.

Highlights

• Train bigger than ever: Full fine-tune 32B models or LoRA fine-tune up to 235B on a single 24 GB GPU. Up to 7× longer sequence length than PyTorch FSDP.
• High performance: Push a 4090 close to A800 NVLINK-class throughput. Up to 6× faster than FSDP Offload in typical workloads.
• Linear multi-GPU scaling: Scale to multiple GPUs within a node without rewriting your training loop. Throughput grows linearly while max sequence length per GPU stays unchanged.
• Feels like PyTorch: Sequential programming interface with a low learning curve. Works well in Jupyter Notebook for rapid iteration.
• General by design: No constraints on layer structure, training flow, or parameter update strategy.
• Portable across accelerators: Pure PyTorch implementation. Runs on Nvidia, AMD, and Ascend platforms.

Benchmarks

All benchmarks below are measured on a single node with 8 GPUs. "OOM" means the framework cannot fit the model under that configuration.

Maximum Input Sequence Length

Framework	Qwen3-1.7B	Llama3.1-8B	Qwen3-32B	Qwen3-235B (LoRA)
4090 · FSDP Offload	11 K	11 K	OOM	OOM
4090 · RoundPipe	73 K	49 K	28 K	31 K
A800 · FSDP	39 K	29 K	11 K	OOM
A800 · RoundPipe	288 K	226 K	126 K	118 K

Training Throughput (tokens/s)

Framework	Qwen3-1.7B	Llama3.1-8B	Qwen3-32B	Qwen3-235B (LoRA)
4090 · FSDP Offload	35,074	4,071	OOM	OOM
4090 · RoundPipe	65,417	24,275	5,516	1,820
A800 · FSDP	85,829	29,148	3,455	OOM
A800 · RoundPipe	84,692	28,427	6,301	1,796

Multi-GPU Scaling (8× RTX 4090)

GPUs	Qwen3-1.7B	Llama3.1-8B	Qwen3-32B	Qwen3-235B (LoRA)
1	8,881	3,142	740	480
2	17,026	6,259	1,476	808
4	33,178	12,278	2,897	1,281
8	65,417	24,275	5,516	1,820

Max sequence length per GPU stays constant across all GPU counts (73 K, 49 K, 28 K, and 31 K respectively).

Cross-Platform

Device	Qwen3-1.7B	Llama3.1-8B	Qwen3-32B	Qwen3-235B (LoRA)
AMD W7800	17,852	5,915	1,450	665
Ascend 910B	50,599	23,253	5,028	459
RTX 4090	65,417	24,275	5,516	1,820

Quick Start

Installation

pip install roundpipe

Requirements: Python ≥ 3.8, PyTorch ≥ 2.4

Examples

See the example/ directory. More examples and tutorials will be added soon.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at itcarrot.github.io/RoundPipe.

中文文档请访问 itcarrot.github.io/RoundPipe/index.zh.html。

License

RoundPipe is licensed under the LGPL-3.0.