# Using GPUs from HAIL

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/using-gpus-from-hail/4216>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 17, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/using-gpus-from-hail/4216 "2025-11-17T16:43:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jjfarrell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/jjfarrell/32/108_2.png) [@jjfarrell](https://discuss.hail.is/u/jjfarrell)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/using-gpus-from-hail/4216/1 "2025-11-17T16:43:53Z")

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Is it possble to enable the use of GPUs with Hail through the **[RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark](https://www.google.com/search?q=RAPIDS+Accelerator+for+Apache+Spark&sca_esv=9be0e29e8e63d6e0&sxsrf=AE3TifPmiW7o3TH1OUtLwxoFYGsiU3_lcQ%3A1763397427594&ei=M08baZSHJKi8ptQPv-bhkQk&ved=2ahUKEwic-5K7z_mQAxWGjIkEHaFtJd0QgK4QegQIARAB&uact=5&oq=Spark%2FHail+scripts+that+use++gpus%3F&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIlNwYXJrL0hhaWwgc2NyaXB0cyB0aGF0IHVzZSAgZ3B1cz8yBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYqwIyBRAhGKsCSPfhAVDiJ1jr3wFwEngBkAEAmAGYAqAB1DKqAQYxLjM5LjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAjKgAuglwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICChAhGKABGMMEGArCAggQIRigARjDBMICBhAAGA0YHsICCBAAGAgYDRgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiABBiiBMICBRAAGO8FwgIHECMYsAIYJ8ICBhAAGAcYHsICCBAAGAUYDRgewgIIEAAYogQYiQWYAwCIBgGQBgiSBwcxOC4zMS4xoAe_jgGyBwYwLjMxLjG4B5klwgcHMi4yOC4yMMgHhwE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&mstk=AUtExfAKNmW5Mv-mm0kebY5i0FeWsVPETgmE3MbwQEC7k-g_8rOo6mB1M2RkjH86VenPgpwcIIDvSsEYyGr6UtzpwWqnHwA-05q_V6Rb_SECNxoGtV-iRVzKm07Wf0NUmcBNNnxgtzJg0Fsc4ZMhd-ZTxmLQHN7CR9hP0PROgCdDjO1ogF5yyvIgA8wyJti4MniOK83Du92OPzzwWe2lr_0ns97KjXK0hlVHc4Z79WoJPk_sOgt_j_AosuykBozZX7hp_hQMbp66j7epFyAIhTEAg_KzZkvIK0EarDxO9-GTtUy1wQ&csui=3)**?

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**Author:** ![chrisvittal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/chrisvittal/32/327_2.png) [@chrisvittal](https://discuss.hail.is/u/chrisvittal)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/using-gpus-from-hail/4216/2 "2025-11-17T16:47:28Z")

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No. Hail only makes use of spark RDD APIs.

> **[RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark](https://docs.nvidia.com/spark-rapids/index.html)**
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> The RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark leverages GPUs to accelerate processing by combining the power of the RAPIDS cuDF library and the scale of the Spark distributed computing framework. You can run your existing Apache Spark applications on GPUs...

> Note that the plugin cannot accelerate operations that manipulate RDDs directly.