# Does NLP in ElasticSearch8.5.1 support GPU?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-nlp-in-elasticsearch8-5-1-support-gpu/319898>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-nlp-in-elasticsearch8-5-1-support-gpu/319898 "2022-11-28T01:35:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![xy\_xia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xy_xia/32/113666_2.png) [@xy\_xia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xy_xia)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-nlp-in-elasticsearch8-5-1-support-gpu/319898/1 "2022-11-28T01:35:15Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to use GPU when I'm doing inference with nlp models like bert in elasticsearch8. Is there any relevant parameter setting to use GPU or CPU?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-nlp-in-elasticsearch8-5-1-support-gpu/319898/2 "2022-11-28T04:00:41Z")

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Elasticsearch only runs on CPU sorry to say.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-nlp-in-elasticsearch8-5-1-support-gpu/319898/3 "2022-12-26T04:00:48Z")

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