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What is CUDA graph capture in PyTorch?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
CUDA Graphs capture and replay GPU execution to reduce kernel launch overhead.
Deep explanation
Instead of launching kernels repeatedly, CUDA Graph records a sequence of GPU operations and replays them, reducing CPU overhead and improving latency consistency.
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