# Guidelines for GPU Selection

Cognex recommends selecting an NVIDIA® GPU with a higher core clock frequency, higher memory, and a higher number of CUDA cores and Tensor cores because these models provide faster computational speeds.

Cognex aims to support most common GPU families, but we do not test every model A specific spatial arrangement of a set of features (Blue Locate and Blue Read tools only.) During a post-processing step, the Blue Locate and Blue Read tools can fit all of the features detected in an image to the models defined for the tool. The overall pose and identity of the model is then returned.. If the GPU model meets the compute capability requirements, you can use it. Cognex customers use most common GPUs other than very new models, even if the GPUs have not been tested by Cognex.

The following list includes the GPU models that Cognex has tested:

- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3080

- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3080 Ti

- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3090

- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4080

- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4090

- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 5080

Note: Cognex recommends that you do not use NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10 series and RTX 20 series GPU models. Cognex has not tested these GPU series with the latest version, and Cognex cannot guarantee compatibility.