Failed to get convolution algorithm. This is probably because cuDNN failed to initialize

AI & Data Science Deep Learning (Training & Inference) cuDNN
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Hello,
I installed tensorflow 2.0.0 and Cuda 10.2, I have a new gtx 1660 ti and I’m trying to train a convolutional neurale network but I received this error: “Failed to get convolution algorithm. This is probably because cuDNN failed to initialize, so try looking to see if a warning log message was printed above. [Op:Conv2D]”. How can I fix this?

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Hi,

Please see this related issue for a couple debug tips: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1068031/cudnn/geforce-gtx-1660-super-cuda-not-working-in-anaconda

It might just be an OOM error, meaning your GPU might not have enough memory for your model.

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No, its not a memory error

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Hi,

It may well just be a mismatched environment configuration issue then as mentioned in #3 here: python - Failed to get convolution algorithm. This is probably because cuDNN failed to initialize, - Stack Overflow

I noticed you mention TF2.0 and CUDA10.2, but you don’t mention a CUDNN version. Do you have CUDNN installed? If so, what version?

According to TF docs, they haven’t tested a CUDA 10.2 configuration yet: Build from source  |  TensorFlow. You could try downgrading to CUDA 10.0 since that’s tested according to the docs mentioned.

Alternatively, you could try using our NGC TF container which removes the pain of host-side dependencies: TensorFlow | NVIDIA NGC

According to the release notes (https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/frameworks/tensorflow-release-notes/rel_19.11.html#rel_19.11), nvcr.io/nvidia/tensorflow:19.11-tf2-py3 has been built with TF2.0 + CUDA 10.2

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Hello,
my bad, the CudaNN version is 7.6.4 cuda10.0_0.
Thank you for replying me

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I am facing the same issue. This is on Windows 10 env. The CudaNN version is 7.6.5.

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Please see this thread, it should be very similar to your issue: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1068031/cudnn/geforce-gtx-1660-super-cuda-not-working-in-anaconda