What AKS node types support AVX2?

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Title.&nbsp;I have an AKS cluster deployed, and one of the scripts within a running pod fails because of what seems like an unsupported instruction set (AVX2).&nbsp;I looked into documentation and used the az cli, but couldn't find detail of what each image or series support.&nbsp;I&nbsp;could run multiple nodes and check manually, though there must be a better way. Right?

gilad_aperio · Answer

As it turns out, these ones, and also their V5s, do the trick.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ddv4-ddsv4-series

Learned from here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes-general

kidd_ip · Answer

Gilad_Aperio&nbsp;See whether this help:&nbsp;https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/gpu-cluster&nbsp;

azharamir13 · Answer

any Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) node type that uses an Intel processor from the Xeon E5 v4 or Xeon Scalable (Skylake) family or later supports AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions 2) instructions. AVX2 is a set of instructions for performing vector operations on Intel processors, and it can be used to accelerate certain workloads such as machine learning and scientific computing.

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