# DataParallel vs DistributedDataParallel

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/dataparallel-vs-distributeddataparallel/77891>\
**Category:** distributed\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/dataparallel-vs-distributeddataparallel/77891 "2020-04-22T16:42:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/dataparallel-vs-distributeddataparallel/77891/3 "2020-04-22T20:47:35Z")

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But `DataParallel` also enable multiple GPUs, in one node/machine, right?

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