
EfficientFormer: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices
EfficientFormer is a vision transformer model that can classify images from the Imagenet dataset.
This is based on the implementation of EfficientFormer found here. This repository contains pre-exported model files optimized for Qualcomm® devices. You can use the Qualcomm® AI Hub Models library to export with custom configurations. More details on model performance across various devices, can be found here.
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Getting Started
There are two ways to deploy this model on your device:
Option 1: Download Pre-Exported Models
Below are pre-exported model assets ready for deployment.
| Runtime | Precision | Chipset | SDK Versions | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONNX | float | Universal | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| ONNX | w8a16 | Universal | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| QNN_DLC | float | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| TFLITE | float | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit EfficientFormer on Qualcomm® AI Hub.
Option 2: Export with Custom Configurations
Use the Qualcomm® AI Hub Models Python library to compile and export the model with your own:
- Custom weights (e.g., fine-tuned checkpoints)
- Custom input shapes
- Target device and runtime configurations
This option is ideal if you need to customize the model beyond the default configuration provided here.
See our repository for EfficientFormer on GitHub for usage instructions.
Model Details
Model Type: Model_use_case.image_classification
Model Stats:
- Input resolution: 224x224
- Model checkpoint: efficientformer_l1_300d
- Model size (float): 46.9 MB
- Model size (w8a16): 12.2 MB
- Number of parameters: 12.3M
Performance Summary
| Model | Runtime | Precision | Chipset | Inference Time (ms) | Peak Memory Range (MB) | Primary Compute Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.564 ms | 2 - 2 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1.204 ms | 24 - 24 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 0.833 ms | 0 - 76 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 4.975 ms | 1 - 80 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1.594 ms | 1 - 4 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.165 ms | 0 - 133 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 4.975 ms | 1 - 80 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1.583 ms | 1 - 3 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1.204 ms | 24 - 24 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 0.647 ms | 0 - 41 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 0.647 ms | 0 - 41 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.571 ms | 0 - 46 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.52 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1.261 ms | 13 - 13 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 0.821 ms | 0 - 84 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 1.613 ms | 0 - 86 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS6490 | 3.327 ms | 0 - 3 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1.231 ms | 0 - 4 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.213 ms | 0 - 130 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 1.613 ms | 0 - 86 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1.376 ms | 0 - 3 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1.261 ms | 13 - 13 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690 | 5.924 ms | 0 - 67 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 1.361 ms | 0 - 65 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 0.575 ms | 0 - 59 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 0.575 ms | 0 - 59 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.486 ms | 0 - 65 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 1.361 ms | 0 - 65 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.904 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1.676 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1.029 ms | 0 - 76 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 5.588 ms | 0 - 78 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1.837 ms | 1 - 4 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.473 ms | 1 - 2 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 2.046 ms | 1 - 43 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 2.046 ms | 1 - 43 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 2.046 ms | 1 - 43 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 5.588 ms | 0 - 78 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1.88 ms | 3 - 5 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1.676 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 0.774 ms | 0 - 40 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 4.897 ms | 1 - 40 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 4.007 ms | 0 - 39 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 0.774 ms | 0 - 40 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.655 ms | 1 - 43 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.818 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1.67 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1.009 ms | 0 - 75 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1.433 ms | 0 - 3 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.473 ms | 0 - 89 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 1.781 ms | 0 - 56 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 1.781 ms | 0 - 56 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 1.781 ms | 0 - 56 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1.628 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1.67 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690 | 6.859 ms | 0 - 176 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 1.621 ms | 0 - 58 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 0.674 ms | 0 - 49 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 3.055 ms | 0 - 53 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 0.674 ms | 0 - 49 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.564 ms | 0 - 59 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | QNN_DLC | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 1.621 ms | 0 - 58 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1.034 ms | 0 - 96 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 5.553 ms | 0 - 94 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1.825 ms | 0 - 28 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.493 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 2.056 ms | 0 - 55 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 2.056 ms | 0 - 55 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 2.056 ms | 0 - 55 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 5.553 ms | 0 - 94 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1.876 ms | 0 - 27 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 0.768 ms | 0 - 49 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 4.838 ms | 0 - 52 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 3.968 ms | 0 - 48 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 0.768 ms | 0 - 49 MB | NPU |
| EfficientFormer | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.657 ms | 0 - 50 MB | NPU |
License
- The license for the original implementation of EfficientFormer can be found here.
References
Community
- For questions or feedback, chat with our engineers in Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench.