Hardware and Software Prerequisites
Before you begin using the BioNeMo framework, please ensure the hardware and software prerequisites outlined below are met.
Hardware
The BioNeMo Framework is compatible with environments that have access to NVIDIA GPUs. bfloat16 precision requires an
Ampere generation GPU or higher (Compute Capability ≥8.0). You may be able
to run BioNeMo on GPUs without bfloat16, but this use-case is not supported by the development team.
GPU Support Matrix
The following datacenter and desktop GPUs have Compute Capability ≥8.0 and are supported hardware for BioNeMo:
| GPU | Compute Capability | Support |
|---|---|---|
| H100 | 9.0 | Full |
| L4 | 8.9 | Full |
| L40 | 8.9 | Full |
| A100 | 8.0 | Full |
| A40 | 8.6 | Full |
| A30 | 8.0 | Full |
| A10 | 8.6 | Full |
| A16 | 8.6 | Full |
| A2 | 8.6 | Full |
| RTX 6000 | 8.9 | Full |
| RTX A6000 | 8.6 | Full |
| RTX A5000 | 8.6 | Full |
| RTX A4000 | 8.6 | Full |
Software
The BioNeMo Framework is supported on x86 Linux systems.
Please ensure that the following are installed in your desired execution environment:
- Appropriate GPU drivers (minimum version: 560; lower versions may be compatible, but cannot be guaranteed)
- Docker (with GPU support, Docker Engine 19.03 or above)
- NVIDIA Container Toolkit to allow Docker to access the GPUs