The del don’t make any change but the empty_cache() does something.
Basically it agressively frees up memory (slowing down the process) and changing the memory fragmentation. If you’re lucky, this fragmentation will be less and you won’t OOM.
The del don’t make any change but the empty_cache() does something.
Basically it agressively frees up memory (slowing down the process) and changing the memory fragmentation. If you’re lucky, this fragmentation will be less and you won’t OOM.