# Modal introduces GPU memory snapshots to reduce cold-start times

DevFeed: [Modal introduces GPU memory snapshots to reduce cold-start times](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gpu-memory-snapshots-supercharging-sub-second-startup-79858.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://modal.com/blog/gpu-mem-snapshots>)

Author: Colin Weld

Published: 2025-07-30T12:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Modal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/modal.md>)

Topics: [app startup](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app-startup.md>), [Multi-GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multi-gpu.md>), [rocm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rocm.md>)

Tags: [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [cuda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cuda.md>), [cuda-graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cuda-graphs.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [startup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startup.md>)

## AI overview

Modal describes an alpha feature that snapshots and restores GPU memory and CUDA state alongside a container's CPU state. It reports startup improvements of up to 10x across tested workloads, including examples where model loading and compilation can be skipped after restore.

## Source excerpt

Using GPU snapshots to enable sub-second container startup times.