tf.layers.conv2d vs tf.nn.conv2d

tf.layers.conv2d(
inputs,
filters,
kernel_size,
strides=(1, 1),
padding=’valid’,
data_format=’channels_last’,
dilation_rate=(1, 1),
activation=None,
use_bias=True,
kernel_initializer=None,
bias_initializer=tf.zeros_initializer(),
kernel_regularizer=None,
bias_regularizer=None,
activity_regularizer=None,
kernel_constraint=None,
bias_constraint=None,
trainable=True,
name=None,
reuse=None
)
Functional interface for the 2D convolution layer.
This layer creates a convolution kernel that is convolved (actually cross-correlated) with the layer input to produce a tensor of outputs. If use_bias is True (and a bias_initializer is provided), a bias vector is created and added to the outputs. Finally, if activation is not None, it is applied to the outputs as well.

tf.nn.conv2d(
input,
filter,
strides,
padding,
use_cudnn_on_gpu=True,
data_format=’NHWC’,
dilations=[1, 1, 1, 1],
name=None
)
Computes a 2-D convolution given 4-D input and filter tensors.

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参数差别

For tf.nn.conv2d:

filter: A Tensor. Must have the same type as input. A 4-D tensor of shape [filter_height, filter_width, in_channels, out_channels]
For tf.layers.conv2d:

filters: Integer, the dimensionality of the output space (i.e. the number of filters in the convolution).

Use tf.nn.conv2d when loading a pretrained model (example code: https://github.com/ry/tensorflow-vgg16), and tf.layers.conv2d for a model trained from scratch.