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# Node groups with GPUs


In a [Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster](../index.md#kubernetes-cluster), you can create [node groups](../index.md#node-group) with [graphics accelerators](../../../compute/concepts/gpus.md) (GPUs). A node is created from an [image](../../../compute/concepts/image.md) of a GPU-compatible [VM](../../../compute/concepts/vm.md) with NVIDIA drivers and [CUDA libraries](https://developer.nvidia.com/gpu-accelerated-libraries) installed for GPU acceleration.

## Prerequisites {#requirements}

* A cloud must have a non-zero GPU quota.

  By default, a cloud has a zero [quota](../../../compute/concepts/limits.md#compute-quotas) for creating VMs with GPUs. You can request a quota increase in the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud/cloud?section=quotas). To do this, you need the `quota-manager.requestOperator` [role](../../../iam/roles-reference.md#quota-manager-requestoperator) or higher.

* You can create VMs based on Intel Broadwell with NVIDIA® Tesla® V100, Intel Cascade Lake with NVIDIA® Tesla® V100, and AMD EPYC™ with NVIDIA® Ampere® A100 in the `ru-central1-a` and `ru-central1-b` availability zones.

  When selecting these platforms, the node group must reside in one or both of the specified availability zones.

## Pricing {#pricing}

To run node groups with GPUs, you need a Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster, a VM with a GPU, and traffic. Therefore, billing includes the following:
* [Managed Service for Kubernetes master usage](../index.md#master) is charged according to the [Managed Service for Kubernetes pricing policy](../../pricing.md).
* VM with a GPU, according to the [Yandex Compute Cloud pricing policy](../../../compute/pricing.md#prices-instance-resources).
* Outgoing traffic, according to the [Yandex Virtual Private Cloud pricing policy](../../../vpc/pricing.md).

## Use cases {#examples}

* [Using node groups with GPUs without pre-installed drivers](../../tutorials/driverless-gpu.md)