Dropout (MNIST)
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- University of Toronto
- Organisation type
- Academia
- Country
- Canada
- Published
- 3 June 2012
- Authors
- GE Hinton, N Srivastava, A Krizhevsky
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Vision
- Task
- Character recognition (OCR)
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Parameters
- 5.6M
- Training data
- 60,000 tokens
We show results for 4 nets (784-800-800-10, 784-1200-1200-10, 784-2000-2000-10, 784-1200-1200-1200-10) 784*2000+2000*2000+10*2000+6010=5594010
The MNIST database contains 60,000 training images and 10,000 testing images (Wikipedia)
Training compute
The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.
- Training compute
- 6 × 10¹⁵ FLOP
- How it was established
- Operation counting
Num mul-add / forward pass 2 FLOPs / mult-add 3 total mult-add / fp mult-add 3000 epochs 60000 training samples
The training run
What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.
- Training hardware
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Closed — provider access only
- Model access
- Unreleased
- Training code
- Open (non-commercial)
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~nitish/dropout see model files
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Why it is tracked
- Highly cited
- Record confidence
- Confident
- Citations
- 7,999
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Improving neural networks by preventing co-adaptation of feature detectors
- Last updated
- 25 May 2026
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
Dropout (MNIST) was published by University of Toronto, in Canada, in June 2012. It comes out of academia.
It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing character recognition (OCR).
Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.
How it was trained
The training run consumed about 6 × 10¹⁵ FLOP, on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. That figure describes the cost of creating it and has no bearing on how quickly it generates text.
The training set ran to roughly 60,000 tokens.
The reason it appears in this catalogue at all is highly cited.
Answers
Dropout (MNIST) — common questions
How much compute was used to train Dropout (MNIST)?
Around 6 × 10¹⁵ FLOP, on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. That measures what producing the model cost and says nothing about how quickly it answers once trained — inference speed comes from memory bandwidth, not from the training budget.
What GPU do I need to run Dropout (MNIST)?
None. Dropout (MNIST) is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is Dropout (MNIST) open source?
No. Dropout (MNIST) has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
How many parameters does Dropout (MNIST) have?
Dropout (MNIST) has 5.6M parameters. We show results for 4 nets (784-800-800-10, 784-1200-1200-10, 784-2000-2000-10, 784-1200-1200-1200-10) 784*2000+2000*2000+10*2000+6010=5594010. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.
Who created Dropout (MNIST)?
Dropout (MNIST) was published by University of Toronto, based in Canada, categorised as academia.
When was Dropout (MNIST) released?
Dropout (MNIST) was published in June 2012. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
What is Dropout (MNIST) used for?
Dropout (MNIST) works in Vision, and is recorded as handling character recognition (OCR). Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
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