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ultralytics.utils.benchmarks.RF100Benchmark

RF100Benchmark()

Benchmark YOLO model performance across formats for speed and accuracy.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def __init__(self):
    """Function for initialization of RF100Benchmark."""
    self.ds_names = []
    self.ds_cfg_list = []
    self.rf = None
    self.val_metrics = ["class", "images", "targets", "precision", "recall", "map50", "map95"]

evaluate

evaluate(yaml_path, val_log_file, eval_log_file, list_ind)

Model evaluation on validation results.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
yaml_path str

YAML file path.

required
val_log_file str

val_log_file path.

required
eval_log_file str

eval_log_file path.

required
list_ind int

Index for current dataset.

required
Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def evaluate(self, yaml_path, val_log_file, eval_log_file, list_ind):
    """
    Model evaluation on validation results.

    Args:
        yaml_path (str): YAML file path.
        val_log_file (str): val_log_file path.
        eval_log_file (str): eval_log_file path.
        list_ind (int): Index for current dataset.
    """
    skip_symbols = ["🚀", "⚠️", "💡", "❌"]
    with open(yaml_path) as stream:
        class_names = yaml.safe_load(stream)["names"]
    with open(val_log_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
        eval_lines = []
        for line in lines:
            if any(symbol in line for symbol in skip_symbols):
                continue
            entries = line.split(" ")
            entries = list(filter(lambda val: val != "", entries))
            entries = [e.strip("\n") for e in entries]
            eval_lines.extend(
                {
                    "class": entries[0],
                    "images": entries[1],
                    "targets": entries[2],
                    "precision": entries[3],
                    "recall": entries[4],
                    "map50": entries[5],
                    "map95": entries[6],
                }
                for e in entries
                if e in class_names or (e == "all" and "(AP)" not in entries and "(AR)" not in entries)
            )
    map_val = 0.0
    if len(eval_lines) > 1:
        print("There's more dicts")
        for lst in eval_lines:
            if lst["class"] == "all":
                map_val = lst["map50"]
    else:
        print("There's only one dict res")
        map_val = [res["map50"] for res in eval_lines][0]

    with open(eval_log_file, "a") as f:
        f.write(f"{self.ds_names[list_ind]}: {map_val}\n")

fix_yaml staticmethod

fix_yaml(path)

Function to fix YAML train and val path.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
path str

YAML file path.

required
Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
@staticmethod
def fix_yaml(path):
    """
    Function to fix YAML train and val path.

    Args:
        path (str): YAML file path.
    """

    with open(path, "r") as file:
        yaml_data = yaml.safe_load(file)
    yaml_data["train"] = "train/images"
    yaml_data["val"] = "valid/images"
    with open(path, "w") as file:
        yaml.safe_dump(yaml_data, file)

parse_dataset

parse_dataset(ds_link_txt='datasets_links.txt')

Parse dataset links and downloads datasets.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
ds_link_txt str

Path to dataset_links file.

'datasets_links.txt'
Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def parse_dataset(self, ds_link_txt="datasets_links.txt"):
    """
    Parse dataset links and downloads datasets.

    Args:
        ds_link_txt (str): Path to dataset_links file.
    """

    (shutil.rmtree("rf-100"), os.mkdir("rf-100")) if os.path.exists("rf-100") else os.mkdir("rf-100")
    os.chdir("rf-100")
    os.mkdir("ultralytics-benchmarks")
    safe_download("https://github.com/ultralytics/assets/releases/download/v0.0.0/datasets_links.txt")

    with open(ds_link_txt, "r") as file:
        for line in file:
            try:
                _, url, workspace, project, version = re.split("/+", line.strip())
                self.ds_names.append(project)
                proj_version = f"{project}-{version}"
                if not Path(proj_version).exists():
                    self.rf.workspace(workspace).project(project).version(version).download("yolov8")
                else:
                    print("Dataset already downloaded.")
                self.ds_cfg_list.append(Path.cwd() / proj_version / "data.yaml")
            except Exception:
                continue

    return self.ds_names, self.ds_cfg_list

set_key

set_key(api_key)

Set Roboflow API key for processing.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
api_key str

The API key.

required
Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def set_key(self, api_key):
    """
    Set Roboflow API key for processing.

    Args:
        api_key (str): The API key.
    """

    check_requirements("roboflow")
    from roboflow import Roboflow

    self.rf = Roboflow(api_key=api_key)





ultralytics.utils.benchmarks.ProfileModels

ProfileModels(paths: list, num_timed_runs=100, num_warmup_runs=10, min_time=60, imgsz=640, half=True, trt=True, device=None)

ProfileModels class for profiling different models on ONNX and TensorRT.

This class profiles the performance of different models, returning results such as model speed and FLOPs.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
paths list

Paths of the models to profile.

num_timed_runs int

Number of timed runs for the profiling. Default is 100.

num_warmup_runs int

Number of warmup runs before profiling. Default is 10.

min_time float

Minimum number of seconds to profile for. Default is 60.

imgsz int

Image size used in the models. Default is 640.

Methods:

Name Description
profile

Profiles the models and prints the result.

Example
from ultralytics.utils.benchmarks import ProfileModels

ProfileModels(['yolov8n.yaml', 'yolov8s.yaml'], imgsz=640).profile()

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
paths list

List of paths of the models to be profiled.

required
num_timed_runs int

Number of timed runs for the profiling. Default is 100.

100
num_warmup_runs int

Number of warmup runs before the actual profiling starts. Default is 10.

10
min_time float

Minimum time in seconds for profiling a model. Default is 60.

60
imgsz int

Size of the image used during profiling. Default is 640.

640
half bool

Flag to indicate whether to use half-precision floating point for profiling.

True
trt bool

Flag to indicate whether to profile using TensorRT. Default is True.

True
device device

Device used for profiling. If None, it is determined automatically.

None
Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def __init__(
    self,
    paths: list,
    num_timed_runs=100,
    num_warmup_runs=10,
    min_time=60,
    imgsz=640,
    half=True,
    trt=True,
    device=None,
):
    """
    Initialize the ProfileModels class for profiling models.

    Args:
        paths (list): List of paths of the models to be profiled.
        num_timed_runs (int, optional): Number of timed runs for the profiling. Default is 100.
        num_warmup_runs (int, optional): Number of warmup runs before the actual profiling starts. Default is 10.
        min_time (float, optional): Minimum time in seconds for profiling a model. Default is 60.
        imgsz (int, optional): Size of the image used during profiling. Default is 640.
        half (bool, optional): Flag to indicate whether to use half-precision floating point for profiling.
        trt (bool, optional): Flag to indicate whether to profile using TensorRT. Default is True.
        device (torch.device, optional): Device used for profiling. If None, it is determined automatically.
    """
    self.paths = paths
    self.num_timed_runs = num_timed_runs
    self.num_warmup_runs = num_warmup_runs
    self.min_time = min_time
    self.imgsz = imgsz
    self.half = half
    self.trt = trt  # run TensorRT profiling
    self.device = device or torch.device(0 if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")

generate_results_dict staticmethod

generate_results_dict(model_name, t_onnx, t_engine, model_info)

Generates a dictionary of model details including name, parameters, GFLOPS and speed metrics.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
@staticmethod
def generate_results_dict(model_name, t_onnx, t_engine, model_info):
    """Generates a dictionary of model details including name, parameters, GFLOPS and speed metrics."""
    layers, params, gradients, flops = model_info
    return {
        "model/name": model_name,
        "model/parameters": params,
        "model/GFLOPs": round(flops, 3),
        "model/speed_ONNX(ms)": round(t_onnx[0], 3),
        "model/speed_TensorRT(ms)": round(t_engine[0], 3),
    }

generate_table_row

generate_table_row(model_name, t_onnx, t_engine, model_info)

Generates a formatted string for a table row that includes model performance and metric details.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def generate_table_row(self, model_name, t_onnx, t_engine, model_info):
    """Generates a formatted string for a table row that includes model performance and metric details."""
    layers, params, gradients, flops = model_info
    return (
        f"| {model_name:18s} | {self.imgsz} | - | {t_onnx[0]:.2f} ± {t_onnx[1]:.2f} ms | {t_engine[0]:.2f} ± "
        f"{t_engine[1]:.2f} ms | {params / 1e6:.1f} | {flops:.1f} |"
    )

get_files

get_files()

Returns a list of paths for all relevant model files given by the user.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def get_files(self):
    """Returns a list of paths for all relevant model files given by the user."""
    files = []
    for path in self.paths:
        path = Path(path)
        if path.is_dir():
            extensions = ["*.pt", "*.onnx", "*.yaml"]
            files.extend([file for ext in extensions for file in glob.glob(str(path / ext))])
        elif path.suffix in {".pt", ".yaml", ".yml"}:  # add non-existing
            files.append(str(path))
        else:
            files.extend(glob.glob(str(path)))

    print(f"Profiling: {sorted(files)}")
    return [Path(file) for file in sorted(files)]

get_onnx_model_info

get_onnx_model_info(onnx_file: str)

Retrieves the information including number of layers, parameters, gradients and FLOPs for an ONNX model file.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def get_onnx_model_info(self, onnx_file: str):
    """Retrieves the information including number of layers, parameters, gradients and FLOPs for an ONNX model
    file.
    """
    return 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0  # return (num_layers, num_params, num_gradients, num_flops)

iterative_sigma_clipping staticmethod

iterative_sigma_clipping(data, sigma=2, max_iters=3)

Applies an iterative sigma clipping algorithm to the given data times number of iterations.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
@staticmethod
def iterative_sigma_clipping(data, sigma=2, max_iters=3):
    """Applies an iterative sigma clipping algorithm to the given data times number of iterations."""
    data = np.array(data)
    for _ in range(max_iters):
        mean, std = np.mean(data), np.std(data)
        clipped_data = data[(data > mean - sigma * std) & (data < mean + sigma * std)]
        if len(clipped_data) == len(data):
            break
        data = clipped_data
    return data

print_table staticmethod

print_table(table_rows)

Formats and prints a comparison table for different models with given statistics and performance data.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
@staticmethod
def print_table(table_rows):
    """Formats and prints a comparison table for different models with given statistics and performance data."""
    gpu = torch.cuda.get_device_name(0) if torch.cuda.is_available() else "GPU"
    header = (
        f"| Model | size<br><sup>(pixels) | mAP<sup>val<br>50-95 | Speed<br><sup>CPU ONNX<br>(ms) | "
        f"Speed<br><sup>{gpu} TensorRT<br>(ms) | params<br><sup>(M) | FLOPs<br><sup>(B) |"
    )
    separator = (
        "|-------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|"
        "-----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|"
    )

    print(f"\n\n{header}")
    print(separator)
    for row in table_rows:
        print(row)

profile

profile()

Logs the benchmarking results of a model, checks metrics against floor and returns the results.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def profile(self):
    """Logs the benchmarking results of a model, checks metrics against floor and returns the results."""
    files = self.get_files()

    if not files:
        print("No matching *.pt or *.onnx files found.")
        return

    table_rows = []
    output = []
    for file in files:
        engine_file = file.with_suffix(".engine")
        if file.suffix in {".pt", ".yaml", ".yml"}:
            model = YOLO(str(file))
            model.fuse()  # to report correct params and GFLOPs in model.info()
            model_info = model.info()
            if self.trt and self.device.type != "cpu" and not engine_file.is_file():
                engine_file = model.export(
                    format="engine", half=self.half, imgsz=self.imgsz, device=self.device, verbose=False
                )
            onnx_file = model.export(
                format="onnx", half=self.half, imgsz=self.imgsz, simplify=True, device=self.device, verbose=False
            )
        elif file.suffix == ".onnx":
            model_info = self.get_onnx_model_info(file)
            onnx_file = file
        else:
            continue

        t_engine = self.profile_tensorrt_model(str(engine_file))
        t_onnx = self.profile_onnx_model(str(onnx_file))
        table_rows.append(self.generate_table_row(file.stem, t_onnx, t_engine, model_info))
        output.append(self.generate_results_dict(file.stem, t_onnx, t_engine, model_info))

    self.print_table(table_rows)
    return output

profile_onnx_model

profile_onnx_model(onnx_file: str, eps: float = 0.001)

Profiles an ONNX model by executing it multiple times and returns the mean and standard deviation of run times.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def profile_onnx_model(self, onnx_file: str, eps: float = 1e-3):
    """Profiles an ONNX model by executing it multiple times and returns the mean and standard deviation of run
    times.
    """
    check_requirements("onnxruntime")
    import onnxruntime as ort

    # Session with either 'TensorrtExecutionProvider', 'CUDAExecutionProvider', 'CPUExecutionProvider'
    sess_options = ort.SessionOptions()
    sess_options.graph_optimization_level = ort.GraphOptimizationLevel.ORT_ENABLE_ALL
    sess_options.intra_op_num_threads = 8  # Limit the number of threads
    sess = ort.InferenceSession(onnx_file, sess_options, providers=["CPUExecutionProvider"])

    input_tensor = sess.get_inputs()[0]
    input_type = input_tensor.type
    dynamic = not all(isinstance(dim, int) and dim >= 0 for dim in input_tensor.shape)  # dynamic input shape
    input_shape = (1, 3, self.imgsz, self.imgsz) if dynamic else input_tensor.shape

    # Mapping ONNX datatype to numpy datatype
    if "float16" in input_type:
        input_dtype = np.float16
    elif "float" in input_type:
        input_dtype = np.float32
    elif "double" in input_type:
        input_dtype = np.float64
    elif "int64" in input_type:
        input_dtype = np.int64
    elif "int32" in input_type:
        input_dtype = np.int32
    else:
        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported ONNX datatype {input_type}")

    input_data = np.random.rand(*input_shape).astype(input_dtype)
    input_name = input_tensor.name
    output_name = sess.get_outputs()[0].name

    # Warmup runs
    elapsed = 0.0
    for _ in range(3):
        start_time = time.time()
        for _ in range(self.num_warmup_runs):
            sess.run([output_name], {input_name: input_data})
        elapsed = time.time() - start_time

    # Compute number of runs as higher of min_time or num_timed_runs
    num_runs = max(round(self.min_time / (elapsed + eps) * self.num_warmup_runs), self.num_timed_runs)

    # Timed runs
    run_times = []
    for _ in TQDM(range(num_runs), desc=onnx_file):
        start_time = time.time()
        sess.run([output_name], {input_name: input_data})
        run_times.append((time.time() - start_time) * 1000)  # Convert to milliseconds

    run_times = self.iterative_sigma_clipping(np.array(run_times), sigma=2, max_iters=5)  # sigma clipping
    return np.mean(run_times), np.std(run_times)

profile_tensorrt_model

profile_tensorrt_model(engine_file: str, eps: float = 0.001)

Profiles the TensorRT model, measuring average run time and standard deviation among runs.

Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def profile_tensorrt_model(self, engine_file: str, eps: float = 1e-3):
    """Profiles the TensorRT model, measuring average run time and standard deviation among runs."""
    if not self.trt or not Path(engine_file).is_file():
        return 0.0, 0.0

    # Model and input
    model = YOLO(engine_file)
    input_data = np.random.rand(self.imgsz, self.imgsz, 3).astype(np.float32)  # must be FP32

    # Warmup runs
    elapsed = 0.0
    for _ in range(3):
        start_time = time.time()
        for _ in range(self.num_warmup_runs):
            model(input_data, imgsz=self.imgsz, verbose=False)
        elapsed = time.time() - start_time

    # Compute number of runs as higher of min_time or num_timed_runs
    num_runs = max(round(self.min_time / (elapsed + eps) * self.num_warmup_runs), self.num_timed_runs * 50)

    # Timed runs
    run_times = []
    for _ in TQDM(range(num_runs), desc=engine_file):
        results = model(input_data, imgsz=self.imgsz, verbose=False)
        run_times.append(results[0].speed["inference"])  # Convert to milliseconds

    run_times = self.iterative_sigma_clipping(np.array(run_times), sigma=2, max_iters=3)  # sigma clipping
    return np.mean(run_times), np.std(run_times)





ultralytics.utils.benchmarks.benchmark

benchmark(model=WEIGHTS_DIR / 'yolov8n.pt', data=None, imgsz=160, half=False, int8=False, device='cpu', verbose=False)

Benchmark a YOLO model across different formats for speed and accuracy.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
model str | Path | optional

Path to the model file or directory. Default is Path(SETTINGS['weights_dir']) / 'yolov8n.pt'.

WEIGHTS_DIR / 'yolov8n.pt'
data str

Dataset to evaluate on, inherited from TASK2DATA if not passed. Default is None.

None
imgsz int

Image size for the benchmark. Default is 160.

160
half bool

Use half-precision for the model if True. Default is False.

False
int8 bool

Use int8-precision for the model if True. Default is False.

False
device str

Device to run the benchmark on, either 'cpu' or 'cuda'. Default is 'cpu'.

'cpu'
verbose bool | float | optional

If True or a float, assert benchmarks pass with given metric. Default is False.

False

Returns:

Name Type Description
df DataFrame

A pandas DataFrame with benchmark results for each format, including file size, metric, and inference time.

Example
from ultralytics.utils.benchmarks import benchmark

benchmark(model='yolov8n.pt', imgsz=640)
Source code in ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
def benchmark(
    model=WEIGHTS_DIR / "yolov8n.pt", data=None, imgsz=160, half=False, int8=False, device="cpu", verbose=False
):
    """
    Benchmark a YOLO model across different formats for speed and accuracy.

    Args:
        model (str | Path | optional): Path to the model file or directory. Default is
            Path(SETTINGS['weights_dir']) / 'yolov8n.pt'.
        data (str, optional): Dataset to evaluate on, inherited from TASK2DATA if not passed. Default is None.
        imgsz (int, optional): Image size for the benchmark. Default is 160.
        half (bool, optional): Use half-precision for the model if True. Default is False.
        int8 (bool, optional): Use int8-precision for the model if True. Default is False.
        device (str, optional): Device to run the benchmark on, either 'cpu' or 'cuda'. Default is 'cpu'.
        verbose (bool | float | optional): If True or a float, assert benchmarks pass with given metric.
            Default is False.

    Returns:
        df (pandas.DataFrame): A pandas DataFrame with benchmark results for each format, including file size,
            metric, and inference time.

    Example:
        ```python
        from ultralytics.utils.benchmarks import benchmark

        benchmark(model='yolov8n.pt', imgsz=640)
        ```
    """
    import pandas as pd  # scope for faster 'import ultralytics'

    pd.options.display.max_columns = 10
    pd.options.display.width = 120
    device = select_device(device, verbose=False)
    if isinstance(model, (str, Path)):
        model = YOLO(model)
    is_end2end = getattr(model.model.model[-1], "end2end", False)

    y = []
    t0 = time.time()
    for i, (name, format, suffix, cpu, gpu) in export_formats().iterrows():  # index, (name, format, suffix, CPU, GPU)
        emoji, filename = "❌", None  # export defaults
        try:
            # Checks
            if i == 7:  # TF GraphDef
                assert model.task != "obb", "TensorFlow GraphDef not supported for OBB task"
            elif i == 9:  # Edge TPU
                assert LINUX and not ARM64, "Edge TPU export only supported on non-aarch64 Linux"
            elif i in {5, 10}:  # CoreML and TF.js
                assert MACOS or LINUX, "CoreML and TF.js export only supported on macOS and Linux"
                assert not IS_RASPBERRYPI, "CoreML and TF.js export not supported on Raspberry Pi"
                assert not IS_JETSON, "CoreML and TF.js export not supported on NVIDIA Jetson"
                assert not is_end2end, "End-to-end models not supported by CoreML and TF.js yet"
            if i in {3, 5}:  # CoreML and OpenVINO
                assert not IS_PYTHON_3_12, "CoreML and OpenVINO not supported on Python 3.12"
            if i in {6, 7, 8}:  # TF SavedModel, TF GraphDef, and TFLite
                assert not isinstance(model, YOLOWorld), "YOLOWorldv2 TensorFlow exports not supported by onnx2tf yet"
            if i in {9, 10}:  # TF EdgeTPU and TF.js
                assert not isinstance(model, YOLOWorld), "YOLOWorldv2 TensorFlow exports not supported by onnx2tf yet"
                assert not is_end2end, "End-to-end models not supported by TF EdgeTPU and TF.js yet"
            if i in {11}:  # Paddle
                assert not isinstance(model, YOLOWorld), "YOLOWorldv2 Paddle exports not supported yet"
                assert not is_end2end, "End-to-end models not supported by PaddlePaddle yet"
            if i in {12}:  # NCNN
                assert not isinstance(model, YOLOWorld), "YOLOWorldv2 NCNN exports not supported yet"
                assert not is_end2end, "End-to-end models not supported by NCNN yet"
            if "cpu" in device.type:
                assert cpu, "inference not supported on CPU"
            if "cuda" in device.type:
                assert gpu, "inference not supported on GPU"

            # Export
            if format == "-":
                filename = model.ckpt_path or model.cfg
                exported_model = model  # PyTorch format
            else:
                filename = model.export(imgsz=imgsz, format=format, half=half, int8=int8, device=device, verbose=False)
                exported_model = YOLO(filename, task=model.task)
                assert suffix in str(filename), "export failed"
            emoji = "❎"  # indicates export succeeded

            # Predict
            assert model.task != "pose" or i != 7, "GraphDef Pose inference is not supported"
            assert i not in {9, 10}, "inference not supported"  # Edge TPU and TF.js are unsupported
            assert i != 5 or platform.system() == "Darwin", "inference only supported on macOS>=10.13"  # CoreML
            exported_model.predict(ASSETS / "bus.jpg", imgsz=imgsz, device=device, half=half)

            # Validate
            data = data or TASK2DATA[model.task]  # task to dataset, i.e. coco8.yaml for task=detect
            key = TASK2METRIC[model.task]  # task to metric, i.e. metrics/mAP50-95(B) for task=detect
            results = exported_model.val(
                data=data, batch=1, imgsz=imgsz, plots=False, device=device, half=half, int8=int8, verbose=False
            )
            metric, speed = results.results_dict[key], results.speed["inference"]
            fps = round((1000 / speed), 2)  # frames per second
            y.append([name, "✅", round(file_size(filename), 1), round(metric, 4), round(speed, 2), fps])
        except Exception as e:
            if verbose:
                assert type(e) is AssertionError, f"Benchmark failure for {name}: {e}"
            LOGGER.warning(f"ERROR ❌️ Benchmark failure for {name}: {e}")
            y.append([name, emoji, round(file_size(filename), 1), None, None, None])  # mAP, t_inference

    # Print results
    check_yolo(device=device)  # print system info
    df = pd.DataFrame(y, columns=["Format", "Status❔", "Size (MB)", key, "Inference time (ms/im)", "FPS"])

    name = Path(model.ckpt_path).name
    s = f"\nBenchmarks complete for {name} on {data} at imgsz={imgsz} ({time.time() - t0:.2f}s)\n{df}\n"
    LOGGER.info(s)
    with open("benchmarks.log", "a", errors="ignore", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write(s)

    if verbose and isinstance(verbose, float):
        metrics = df[key].array  # values to compare to floor
        floor = verbose  # minimum metric floor to pass, i.e. = 0.29 mAP for YOLOv5n
        assert all(x > floor for x in metrics if pd.notna(x)), f"Benchmark failure: metric(s) < floor {floor}"

    return df





Created 2023-11-12, Updated 2024-07-21
Authors: glenn-jocher (7), Burhan-Q (1)