Yes, soumith's is a much more comprehensive benchmark. I wanted a new one for a few reasons: - run training including weights updates, not just forward+backwa

Yes, soumith's is a much more comprehensive benchmark. I wanted a new one for a few reasons: - run training including weights updates, not just forward+backward - run on Pascal architecture (latest and greatest) - use cuDNN 5 So mine doesn't try to cover nearly as much ground, but is a closer match to the most common use case of running training on latest hardware right now. When soumith's next project DeepMark is done, that will be the new best benchmark, it looks really good.