Python Hardware Requirements for Remote Development

The minimum Python hardware pre-requirements are 1 vCPU (4 vCPU recommended), 512 MB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended), 2 GB free storage ( 10 GB SSD recommended), and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, CentOS, Debian, or RHEL (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10 recommended).

The minimum PyCharm hardware pre-requirements are 4 vCPU (a 4 vCPU with high clock frequency recommended), 8 GB RAM (16 GB RAM recommended), 3.5 GB storage (10 GB free storage recommended), and either Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Fedora 42 KDE edition (The latest versions of the Ubuntu LTS or Fedora recommended).

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The hardware requirements for Python are 1 vCPU (4 vCPU recommended), 512 MB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended), 2 GB free storage ( 10 GB SSD recommended), and a supported version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu 22.10 is recommended).

 Hardware And Software Requirements for Python Programming (Top 8 Python Use Cases)

The top 8 Python use cases in the real world and their respective software and hardware requirements are:

1. Python For Text AI and NLP (Natural Language Processing)

Classical NLP workloads, such as Sentiment analysis, TF-IDF keyword extraction, and classical text classification, do not rely on deep learning or GPUs, and their performance is primarily dependent on RAM availability and CPU concurrency.

Required Libraries and Frameworks For Text AI and NLP

1. NLTK and SpaCy as lightweight NLP and text processing libraries
2. Scikit-Learn for vectorization and classical ML pipelines
3. Flair for state-of-the-art NLP tasks
4. Gensim for document similarity tasks and topic modeling
5. Pandas and Matplotlib for manipulating and analyzing data
6. TensorFlow or Pytorch for computation graph capabilities, and to handle the partial derivatives

Text AI and NLP Recommended Hardware

• CPU: 8 vCPU
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage: 512 GB SSD

Better suited for parallel text processing, multiple NLP components, and improved execution stability.

Designated OperaVPS plan: Intel Single

2. Python for Automation, Scripts, and Web Development

Web scraping and crawling, API data collection, Bots (Telegram, Discord, Slack), cron jobs, scheduled tasks, and Lightweight ETL pipeline workloads are mostly network and I/O bound, with performance improving through concurrency rather than raw compute power.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For Automation, Scripts, and Web Development

1. Python 3 interpreter
2. Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, or PyCharm as code editors and IDEs
3. Flask or Django as a web framework
4. SQLite for development, and PostgreSQL or MySQL for production
5. Postman or Browser Developer Tools for testing and debugging
6. Selenium for browser automation
7. Requests, HTTPX, Scrapy, AIOHTTP, and BeautifulSoup for HTTP and web scraping
8. Pandas for data handling
9. Schedule or APScheduler for task scheduling
10. Nextcord and Python-Telegram-Bot for bot frameworks

Automation, Scripts, and Web Development Recommended Hardware

• CPU: A dual-core for small projects, a quad-core for larger web apps
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage: 50 GB SSD

The setup is well-suited for single-threaded or concurrent scraping, API polling, async execution, multiple background tasks, bots, and stable long-running jobs.

Designated OperaVPS plan: Linux 4096

3. Python for Machine Learning and Data Science

Python in ML and Data Science is used for Data analysis with Pandas and NumPy, Feature engineering and preprocessing, Classical ML models (regression, tree-based models, boosting), and Small to medium dataset training and evaluation.

Since Machine Learning and data science tasks can be resource-intensive, having a strong CPU, ample RAM, SSD storage, and a capable GPU helps improve performance.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For Machine Learning and Data Science

1. Anaconda for package management and library deployment
2. NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Scikit-learn as core data processing and ML libraries
3. XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost as classical boosting frameworks
4. Matplotlib and Seaborn as basic visualization tools
5. Joblib and MLflow as pipeline utilities for parallel execution, validation, and experiment tracking
6. TensorFlow or Pytorch for computation graph capabilities
7. Jupyter Notebook for creating computational documents
8. PyCharm, RStudio, or VSCode as IDEs

Machine Learning and Data Science Recommended Hardware

• CPU: Quad-core processor running at 3.0 GHz or higher
• RAM:  32 GB
• Storage: 256 GB SSD
• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1050, with an RTX 2060 for deep learning

The build is better suited for medium to large datasets, stable pipelines, and faster preprocessing and training.

Designated OperaVPS plan: GTX 1050Ti

4. Python for LLM

Developers utilize Python in LLM for running small LLaMA or Qwen models, testing LangChain / LlamaIndex pipelines, and prototyping simple RAG.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For LLM

1. PyTorch and Transformers for model saving and loading
2. Hugging Face Transformers for accessing pre-trained models and tokenization
3. SpaCy for named entity recognition (NER), POS tagging, and dependency parsing
4. LangChain, Haystack, or LlamaIndex for orchestration layers and LLM chaining
5. Vector databases like FAISS or Chroma for data retrieval

LLM Recommended Hardware

• CPU: 4v Dedicated CPU
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage: 256 GB SSD
• GPU: AI optimized NVIDIA P4, A10, or RTX series

Designated OperaVPS plan: P4 Server

5. Python for Model Training & Fine-Tuning

Model Training & Fine-Tuning with Python includes GPU-intensive training workloads, where compute power, VRAM, and memory bandwidth directly impact training speed and feasibility. LLMs’ fine-tuning and training of diffusion and computer vision models extend beyond inference and require sustained GPU utilization.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For Model Training & Fine-Tuning

• SentenceTransformers to use, access, and train embedding and reranker models
• DeepSpeed, Horovod, torch.distributed as distributed training frameworks
• CUDA-Enabled PyTorch as the core deep learning framework
• Flash Attention, xFormers as memory and compute optimizers
• MLflow, Weights, Biases, and TensorBoard as experiment tracking tools
• CUDA Toolkit and cuDNN for low-level GPU acceleration and optimal performance
• Hugging Face Datasets for efficient dataset loading, streaming, caching, and preprocessing
• PEFT (Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning) for LoRA, QLoRA, and other low VRAM fine-tuning techniques
• Optuna and Hyperopt for hyperparameter tuning

Model Training & Fine-Tuning Recommended Hardware

• CPU: 32 modern vCPU
• RAM: 128 GB RAM
• Storage: 4 TB NVMe
• GPU: Entry level (RTX 4090 / 5070 with 24 GB vRAM) / Mid level (NVIDIA A10/ L40S with 48 GB vRAM) / Enterprise level (A100 with 80 GB vRAM)

Designated OperaVPS plan: RTX 5070Ti

6. Python for LLM Inference (Production-Ready)

LLM Inference (Production-Ready) is about making a trained language model ready for real-world use, like Chatbots and conversational AI, LLM-powered APIs, and RAG systems in production environments; ensuring low latency, concurrency, fast responses, stable operation, and efficient scaling.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For LLM Inference

1. Python 3.10.x for maximum compatibility
2. Conda or Python venv to isolate runtime dependencies
3. vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, Text Generation Inference (TGI), or ONNXRuntime as an optimized inference engine
4. FAISS, Chroma, or Qdrant as a GPU-based vector database
5. Ray, Celery, or Redis as orchestration components for serving and scaling
6. llama‑cpp‑python as an inference library for LLaMA and other open source LLMs
7. Accelerate to simplify inference across CPU, GPU, and TPU
8. Hugging Face Transformers for inference
9. CUDA-enabled PyTorch for production inference stacks
10. LangChain, Haystack, or LlamaIndex for orchestration layers and LLM chaining
11. LLM Optimizer to benchmark and optimize inference performance
12. Gradio and FastAPI for model loading and optional API or UI exposure

LLM Inference Recommended Hardware

• CPU: 32 modern vCPU
• RAM: 128 GB RAM
• Storage: 200 GB for single model, 500+ GB NVMe SSD for multiple models
• GPU: Entry level (NVIDIA T4 / L4 with 24 GB vRAM) / Mid level (NVIDIA A10 / L40S with 48 GB vRAM) / Enterprise level (NVIDIA A16 / H100 with 80 GB vRAM)
• OS: Ubuntu Server 20.04 or 22.04 LTS (for the best CUDA support) / Debian 11, 12 or Rocky Linux 8, 9 (enterprise setups)

+ NVIDIA A10 serves best for stable inference performance with strong Tensor Core support. Suitable for most single-model production workloads.

+ NVIDIA A16 is designed for multi-model deployments and high-concurrency inference, offering better VRAM capacity and sustained performance.

Designated OperaVPS plan: A16 Server

7. Python for Stable Diffusion & AI Image Generation

Performance and stability of diffusion-based image generation workloads, such as Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Batch, and automated image generation, are primarily determined by VRAM size and GPU architecture, not CPU resources.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For Stable Diffusion & AI Image Generation

1. Python 3.10.x, since all dependent libraries may not support newer versions (Python 3.12 or 3.13)
2. Git and Git LFS to clone the necessary repositories and models from GitHub or Hugging Face
3. Diffusers to build and deploy diffusion models
4. Hugging Face Transformers for using pre-trained models
5. CUDA-enabled PyTorch for building diffusion pipelines
6. Jax for GPU/TPU acceleration and parallel execution
7. xFormers and bitsandbytes for memory optimization
8. LangChain, Haystack, or LlamaIndex for orchestration layers and LLM chaining
9. Vector databases like FAISS or Chroma for data retrieval
10. Gradio and FastAPI for model loading and optional API or UI exposure
11. Conda or venv to manage dependencies

Stable Diffusion & AI Image Generation Recommended Hardware

• CPU: A modern multi-core processor (e.g., Intel Core i7/i9 or AMD Ryzen 7/9 series)
• RAM: 32 GB
• Storage: 500 GB NVMe SSD
• GPU: NVIDIA A Series (NVIDIA A10 – strong balance of performance and VRAM for SDXL, NVIDIA A16 – designed for sustained workloads and multi-user environments)

These GPUs provide better stability, memory management, and long-running performance for AI image generation.

Designated OperaVPS plan: A10 Server

8. Python for Game Development and Graphics Programming

You can use Python for developing 2D games on engines like Godot and Unity (3D game development using Python is not advised). When creating a game using Pygame (a library for game development), the graphics are processed by the CPU, not the GPU, which highlights the importance of the CPU unit on the server.
It is the same with Graphics programming. However, you can rewrite all your Graphics programming with OpenGL to use the GPU for graphics instead of the CPU.

Required Libraries And Frameworks For Game Development and Graphics Programming

• Python 3 interpreter
• Unity or Godot as game engines
• Pyglet and Pygame for game development and multimedia applications
• Kivy for creating user interfaces and animation capabilities
• Arcade for creating 2D games
• OpenGL as a GPU programming API
• PyOpenGL for 2D rendering
• Development tools, including Visual Studio Code, PyCharm, and Blender for 3D modeling

Game Development and Graphics Programming Recommended Hardware

• CPU: Quad-core processor or higher
• RAM: 16 GB or higher
• Storage: 256 GB SSD
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2030 or higher for Game Development, and RTX 2060 or higher for Graphics Programming

Designated OperaVPS plan: GTX 1030

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