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What is the computational complexity of SVM training?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

SVM training complexity is between O(n²) and O(n³) depending on implementation and kernel.

Deep explanation

Kernel SVM requires computation of kernel matrix which grows quadratically with data size. Solving quadratic programming adds further cubic complexity in worst cases.

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