The Unified Memory Revelation: Why Docker Double-Counts
The Question That Started It All After getting both Docker and native environments working, I could finally run proper benchmarks. But I kept asking myself: “Where is the 26GB going?” It wasn’t GPU overhead - containers don’t add 26GB of process memory. It wasn’t the Docker daemon - that’s tiny. It wasn’t duplicate libraries - bind mounts prevent that. So… where? Traditional GPU Systems (The Old Way) Let’s start with how most GPU systems work. Take an NVIDIA H100 or A100: ...