# Tensorflow vs. PyTorch ConvNet benchmark

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**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/tensorflow-vs-pytorch-convnet-benchmark/8738 "2017-10-16T19:33:58Z")\
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‌But the python API is synchronous, otherwise, it won’t work at all. would you please explain the asynchronous API more clearly?

Afterall I measure the time of 10 iterations.

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