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This is supposed to be faster than XGBoost? I'm skeptical, but I'd like to know the specifics of the benchmarks and maybe an outline of the code / reasons why.
by mikeskim 11y ago
This is supposed to be faster than XGBoost? I'm skeptical, but I'd like to know the specifics of the benchmarks and maybe an outline of the code / reasons why. It was not benchmarked by the same person who did https://github.com/szilard/benchm-ml https://github.com/szilard/benchm-ml
- kotach 11y agoVowpal Wabbit is IO limited. Meaning that there's no way it is slower than anything else on a single machine. On multiple machines it glides faster than light. So, the benchmark is probably incorrect for VW.