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.. meta::
   :description: How to train a model using PyTorch for ROCm.
   :keywords: ROCm, AI, LLM, train, PyTorch, torch, Llama, flux, tutorial, docker

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Training a model with PyTorch for ROCm
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.. caution::

   This documentation does not reflect the latest version of ROCm vLLM
   performance benchmark documentation. See :doc:`../pytorch-training` for the latest version.

PyTorch is an open-source machine learning framework that is widely used for
model training with GPU-optimized components for transformer-based models.

The `PyTorch for ROCm training Docker <https://hub.docker.com/layers/rocm/pytorch-training/v25.6/images/sha256-a4cea3c493a4a03d199a3e81960ac071d79a4a7a391aa9866add3b30a7842661>`_
(``rocm/pytorch-training:v25.6``) image provides a prebuilt optimized environment for fine-tuning and pretraining a
model on AMD Instinct MI325X and MI300X GPUs. It includes the following software components to accelerate
training workloads:

+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Software component       | Version                        |
+==========================+================================+
| ROCm                     | 6.3.4                          |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| PyTorch                  | 2.8.0a0+git7d205b2             |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Python                   | 3.10.17                        |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Transformer Engine       | 1.14.0+2f85f5f2                |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Flash Attention          | 3.0.0.post1                    |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| hipBLASLt                | 0.15.0-8c6919d                 |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Triton                   | 3.3.0                          |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+

.. _amd-pytorch-training-model-support-v256:

Supported models
================

The following models are pre-optimized for performance on the AMD Instinct MI325X and MI300X GPUs.

.. datatemplate:yaml:: /data/how-to/rocm-for-ai/training/previous-versions/pytorch-training-v25.6-benchmark-models.yaml

   {% set unified_docker = data.unified_docker.latest %}
   {% set model_groups = data.model_groups %}

   .. raw:: html

      <div id="vllm-benchmark-ud-params-picker" class="container-fluid">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-2 me-2 model-param-head">Workload</div>
          <div class="row col-10">
   {% for model_group in model_groups %}
            <div class="col-6 model-param" data-param-k="model-group" data-param-v="{{ model_group.tag }}" tabindex="0">{{ model_group.group }}</div>
   {% endfor %}
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="row mt-1">
          <div class="col-2 me-2 model-param-head">Model</div>
          <div class="row col-10">
   {% for model_group in model_groups %}
      {% set models = model_group.models %}
      {% for model in models %}
         {% if models|length % 3 == 0 %}
            <div class="col-4 model-param" data-param-k="model" data-param-v="{{ model.mad_tag }}" data-param-group="{{ model_group.tag }}" tabindex="0">{{ model.model }}</div>
         {% else %}
            <div class="col-6 model-param" data-param-k="model" data-param-v="{{ model.mad_tag }}" data-param-group="{{ model_group.tag }}" tabindex="0">{{ model.model }}</div>
         {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
   {% endfor %}
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>

   .. note::

      Some models require an external license agreement through a third party (for example, Meta).

   .. _amd-pytorch-training-performance-measurements-v256:

   Performance measurements
   ========================

   To evaluate performance, the
   `Performance results with AMD ROCm software <https://www.amd.com/en/developer/resources/rocm-hub/dev-ai/performance-results.html#tabs-a8deaeb413-item-21cea50186-tab>`_
   page provides reference throughput and latency measurements for training
   popular AI models.

   .. note::

      The performance data presented in
      `Performance results with AMD ROCm software <https://www.amd.com/en/developer/resources/rocm-hub/dev-ai/performance-results.html#tabs-a8deaeb413-item-21cea50186-tab>`_
      should not be interpreted as the peak performance achievable by AMD
      Instinct MI325X and MI300X GPUs or ROCm software.

   System validation
   =================

   Before running AI workloads, it's important to validate that your AMD hardware is configured
   correctly and performing optimally.

   If you have already validated your system settings, including aspects like NUMA auto-balancing, you
   can skip this step. Otherwise, complete the procedures in the :ref:`System validation and
   optimization <rocm-for-ai-system-optimization>` guide to properly configure your system settings
   before starting training.

   To test for optimal performance, consult the recommended :ref:`System health benchmarks
   <rocm-for-ai-system-health-bench>`. This suite of tests will help you verify and fine-tune your
   system's configuration.

   This Docker image is optimized for specific model configurations outlined
   below. Performance can vary for other training workloads, as AMD
   doesn’t validate configurations and run conditions outside those described.

   Benchmarking
   ============

   Once the setup is complete, choose between two options to start benchmarking:

   .. tab-set::

      .. tab-item:: MAD-integrated benchmarking

         Clone the ROCm Model Automation and Dashboarding (`<https://github.com/ROCm/MAD>`__) repository to a local
         directory and install the required packages on the host machine.

         .. code-block:: shell

            git clone https://github.com/ROCm/MAD
            cd MAD
            pip install -r requirements.txt

   {% for model_group in model_groups %}
      {% for model in model_group.models %}

         .. container:: model-doc {{ model.mad_tag }}

            For example, use this command to run the performance benchmark test on the {{ model.model }} model
            using one GPU with the {{ model.precision }} data type on the host machine.

            .. code-block:: shell

               export MAD_SECRETS_HFTOKEN="your personal Hugging Face token to access gated models"
               madengine run \
                   --tags {{ model.mad_tag }} \
                   --keep-model-dir \
                   --live-output \
                   --timeout 28800

            MAD launches a Docker container with the name
            ``container_ci-{{ model.mad_tag }}``, for example. The latency and throughput reports of the
            model are collected in the following path: ``~/MAD/perf.csv``.

      {% endfor %}
   {% endfor %}

      .. tab-item:: Standalone benchmarking

         .. rubric:: Download the Docker image and required packages

         Use the following command to pull the Docker image from Docker Hub.

         .. code-block:: shell

            docker pull {{ unified_docker.pull_tag }}

         Run the Docker container.

         .. code-block:: shell

            docker run -it --device /dev/dri --device /dev/kfd --network host --ipc host --group-add video --cap-add SYS_PTRACE --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --privileged -v $HOME:$HOME -v  $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh --shm-size 64G --name training_env {{ unified_docker.pull_tag }}

         Use these commands if you exit the ``training_env`` container and need to return to it.

         .. code-block:: shell

            docker start training_env
            docker exec -it training_env bash

         In the Docker container, clone the `<https://github.com/ROCm/MAD>`__
         repository and navigate to the benchmark scripts directory
         ``/workspace/MAD/scripts/pytorch_train``.

         .. code-block:: shell

            git clone https://github.com/ROCm/MAD
            cd MAD/scripts/pytorch_train

         .. rubric:: Prepare training datasets and dependencies

         The following benchmarking examples require downloading models and datasets
         from Hugging Face. To ensure successful access to gated repos, set your
         ``HF_TOKEN``.

         .. code-block:: shell

            export HF_TOKEN=$your_personal_hugging_face_access_token

         Run the setup script to install libraries and datasets needed for benchmarking.

         .. code-block:: shell

            ./pytorch_benchmark_setup.sh

         .. container:: model-doc pyt_train_llama-3.1-8b

            ``pytorch_benchmark_setup.sh`` installs the following libraries for Llama 3.1 8B:

            .. list-table::
               :header-rows: 1

               * - Library
                 - Reference

               * - ``accelerate``
                 - `Hugging Face Accelerate <https://huggingface.co/docs/accelerate/en/index>`_

               * - ``datasets``
                 - `Hugging Face Datasets <https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/v3.2.0/en/index>`_ 3.2.0

         .. container:: model-doc pyt_train_llama-3.1-70b

            ``pytorch_benchmark_setup.sh`` installs the following libraries for Llama 3.1 70B:

            .. list-table::
               :header-rows: 1

               * - Library
                 - Reference

               * - ``datasets``
                 - `Hugging Face Datasets <https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/v3.2.0/en/index>`_ 3.2.0

               * - ``torchdata``
                 - `TorchData <https://meta-pytorch.org/data/beta/index.html>`_

               * - ``tomli``
                 - `Tomli <https://pypi.org/project/tomli/>`_

               * - ``tiktoken``
                 - `tiktoken <https://github.com/openai/tiktoken>`_

               * - ``blobfile``
                 - `blobfile <https://pypi.org/project/blobfile/>`_

               * - ``tabulate``
                 - `tabulate <https://pypi.org/project/tabulate/>`_

               * - ``wandb``
                 - `Weights & Biases <https://github.com/wandb/wandb>`_

               * - ``sentencepiece``
                 - `SentencePiece <https://github.com/google/sentencepiece>`_ 0.2.0

               * - ``tensorboard``
                 - `TensorBoard <https://www.tensorflow.org/tensorboard>`_ 2.18.0

         .. container:: model-doc pyt_train_flux

            ``pytorch_benchmark_setup.sh`` installs the following libraries for FLUX:

            .. list-table::
               :header-rows: 1

               * - Library
                 - Reference

               * - ``accelerate``
                 - `Hugging Face Accelerate <https://huggingface.co/docs/accelerate/en/index>`_

               * - ``datasets``
                 - `Hugging Face Datasets <https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/v3.2.0/en/index>`_ 3.2.0

               * - ``sentencepiece``
                 - `SentencePiece <https://github.com/google/sentencepiece>`_ 0.2.0

               * - ``tensorboard``
                 - `TensorBoard <https://www.tensorflow.org/tensorboard>`_ 2.18.0

               * - ``csvkit``
                 - `csvkit <https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ 2.0.1

               * - ``deepspeed``
                 - `DeepSpeed <https://github.com/deepspeedai/DeepSpeed>`_ 0.16.2

               * - ``diffusers``
                 - `Hugging Face Diffusers <https://huggingface.co/docs/diffusers/en/index>`_ 0.31.0

               * - ``GitPython``
                 - `GitPython <https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython>`_ 3.1.44

               * - ``opencv-python-headless``
                 - `opencv-python-headless <https://pypi.org/project/opencv-python-headless/>`_ 4.10.0.84

               * - ``peft``
                 - `PEFT <https://huggingface.co/docs/peft/en/index>`_ 0.14.0

               * - ``protobuf``
                 - `Protocol Buffers <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf>`_ 5.29.2

               * - ``pytest``
                 - `PyTest <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/>`_ 8.3.4

               * - ``python-dotenv``
                 - `python-dotenv <https://pypi.org/project/python-dotenv/>`_ 1.0.1

               * - ``seaborn``
                 - `Seaborn <https://seaborn.pydata.org/>`_ 0.13.2

               * - ``transformers``
                 - `Transformers <https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/en/index>`_ 4.47.0

         ``pytorch_benchmark_setup.sh`` downloads the following datasets from Hugging Face:

         * `bghira/pseudo-camera-10k <https://huggingface.co/datasets/bghira/pseudo-camera-10k>`_

   {% for model_group in model_groups %}
      {% for model in model_group.models %}
         {% if model_group.tag == "pre-training" and model.mad_tag in ["pyt_train_llama-3.1-8b", "pyt_train_llama-3.1-70b", "pyt_train_flux"] %}

         .. container:: model-doc {{ model.mad_tag }}

            .. rubric:: Pretraining

            To start the pre-training benchmark, use the following command with the
            appropriate options. See the following list of options and their descriptions.

            .. code-block:: shell

               ./pytorch_benchmark_report.sh -t pretrain -m {{ model.model_repo }} -p $datatype -s $sequence_length

            .. list-table::
               :header-rows: 1

               * - Name
                 - Options
                 - Description

            {% if model.mad_tag == "pyt_train_llama-3.1-8b" %}
               * - ``$datatype``
                 - ``BF16`` or ``FP8``
                 - Only Llama 3.1 8B supports FP8 precision.
            {% else %}
               * - ``$datatype``
                 - ``BF16``
                 - Only Llama 3.1 8B supports FP8 precision.
            {% endif %}

               * - ``$sequence_length``
                 - Sequence length for the language model.
                 - Between 2048 and 8192. 8192 by default.

            {% if model.mad_tag == "pyt_train_flux" %}
            .. container:: model-doc {{ model.mad_tag }}

               .. note::

                  Occasionally, downloading the Flux dataset might fail. In the event of this
                  error, manually download it from Hugging Face at
                  `black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev <https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev>`_
                  and save it to `/workspace/FluxBenchmark`. This ensures that the test script can access
                  the required dataset.
            {% endif %}
         {% endif %}

         {% if model_group.tag == "fine-tuning" %}
         .. container:: model-doc {{ model.mad_tag }}

            .. rubric:: Fine-tuning

            To start the fine-tuning benchmark, use the following command with the
            appropriate options. See the following list of options and their descriptions.

            .. code-block:: shell

               ./pytorch_benchmark_report.sh -t $training_mode -m {{ model.model_repo }} -p BF16 -s $sequence_length

            .. list-table::
               :header-rows: 1

               * - Name
                 - Options
                 - Description

               * - ``$training_mode``
                 - ``finetune_fw``
                 - Full weight fine-tuning (BF16 supported)

               * -
                 - ``finetune_lora``
                 - LoRA fine-tuning (BF16 supported)

               * -
                 - ``finetune_qlora``
                 - QLoRA fine-tuning (BF16 supported)

               * -
                 - ``HF_finetune_lora``
                 - LoRA fine-tuning with Hugging Face PEFT

               * - ``$datatype``
                 - ``BF16``
                 - All models support BF16.

               * - ``$sequence_length``
                 - Between 2048 and 16384.
                 - Sequence length for the language model.

            .. note::

               {{ model.model }} currently supports the following fine-tuning methods:

            {% for method in model.training_modes %}
               * ``{{ method }}``
            {% endfor %}
            {% if model.training_modes|length < 4 %}

               The upstream `torchtune <https://github.com/pytorch/torchtune>`_ repository
               does not currently provide YAML configuration files for other combinations of
               model to fine-tuning method
               However, you can still configure your own YAML files to enable support for
               fine-tuning methods not listed here by following existing patterns in the
               ``/workspace/torchtune/recipes/configs`` directory.
            {% endif %}
         {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
   {% endfor %}

               .. rubric:: Benchmarking examples

               For examples of benchmarking commands, see `<https://github.com/ROCm/MAD/tree/develop/benchmark/pytorch_train#benchmarking-examples>`__.

Further reading
===============

- To learn more about MAD and the ``madengine`` CLI, see the `MAD usage guide <https://github.com/ROCm/MAD?tab=readme-ov-file#usage-guide>`__.

- To learn more about system settings and management practices to configure your system for
  AMD Instinct MI300X Series GPUs, see `AMD Instinct MI300X system optimization <https://instinct.docs.amd.com/projects/amdgpu-docs/en/latest/system-optimization/mi300x.html>`_.

- For a list of other ready-made Docker images for AI with ROCm, see
  `AMD Infinity Hub <https://www.amd.com/en/developer/resources/infinity-hub.html#f-amd_hub_category=AI%20%26%20ML%20Models>`_.

Previous versions
=================

See :doc:`pytorch-training-history` to find documentation for previous releases
of the ``ROCm/pytorch-training`` Docker image.