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Fine-tune with Pytorch

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Use Pytorch to fine-tune models locally

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Basic idea

This playbook guides you through setting up and using Pytorch for fine-tuning large language models on NVIDIA Spark devices.

What you'll accomplish

You'll establish a complete fine-tuning environment for large language models (1-70B parameters) on your NVIDIA Spark device. By the end, you'll have a working installation that supports parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) and supervised fine-tuning (SFT).

What to know before starting

  • Previous experience with fine-tuning in Pytorch
  • Working with Docker

Prerequisites

Recipes are specifically for DIGITS SPARK. Please make sure that OS and drivers are latest.

Ancillary files

ALl files required for fine-tuning are included in the folder in the GitHub repository here.

Time & risk

  • Time estimate: 30-45 mins for setup and runing fine-tuning. Fine-tuning run time varies depending on model size
  • Risks: Model downloads can be large (several GB), ARM64 package compatibility issues may require troubleshooting.
  • Last Updated: 11/07/2025
    • Fix broken commands to access files from GitHub

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