TFLite, ONNX, CoreML, TensorRT Export

📚 This guide explains how to export a trained YOLOv5 🚀 model from PyTorch to ONNX and TorchScript formats.

Before You Start

Clone repo and install requirements.txt in a Python>=3.8.0 environment, including PyTorch>=1.8. Models and datasets download automatically from the latest YOLOv5 release.

git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5  # clone
cd yolov5
pip install -r requirements.txt  # install

For TensorRT export example (requires GPU) see our Colab notebook appendix section.

Formats

YOLOv5 inference is officially supported in 11 formats:

💡 ProTip: Export to ONNX or OpenVINO for up to 3x CPU speedup. See CPU Benchmarks. 💡 ProTip: Export to TensorRT for up to 5x GPU speedup. See GPU Benchmarks.

Format	`export.py --include`	Model
PyTorch	-	`yolov5s.pt`
TorchScript	`torchscript`	`yolov5s.torchscript`
ONNX	`onnx`	`yolov5s.onnx`
OpenVINO	`openvino`	`yolov5s_openvino_model/`
TensorRT	`engine`	`yolov5s.engine`
CoreML	`coreml`	`yolov5s.mlmodel`
TensorFlow SavedModel	`saved_model`	`yolov5s_saved_model/`
TensorFlow GraphDef	`pb`	`yolov5s.pb`
TensorFlow Lite	`tflite`	`yolov5s.tflite`
TensorFlow Edge TPU	`edgetpu`	`yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite`
TensorFlow.js	`tfjs`	`yolov5s_web_model/`
PaddlePaddle	`paddle`	`yolov5s_paddle_model/`

Benchmarks

Benchmarks below run on a Colab Pro with the YOLOv5 tutorial notebook . To reproduce:

python benchmarks.py --weights yolov5s.pt --imgsz 640 --device 0

Colab Pro V100 GPU

benchmarks: weights=/content/yolov5/yolov5s.pt, imgsz=640, batch_size=1, data=/content/yolov5/data/coco128.yaml, device=0, half=False, test=False
Checking setup...
YOLOv5 🚀 v6.1-135-g7926afc torch 1.10.0+cu111 CUDA:0 (Tesla V100-SXM2-16GB, 16160MiB)
Setup complete ✅ (8 CPUs, 51.0 GB RAM, 46.7/166.8 GB disk)

Benchmarks complete (458.07s)
                   Format  mAP@0.5:0.95  Inference time (ms)
0                 PyTorch        0.4623                10.19
1             TorchScript        0.4623                 6.85
2                    ONNX        0.4623                14.63
3                OpenVINO           NaN                  NaN
4                TensorRT        0.4617                 1.89
5                  CoreML           NaN                  NaN
6   TensorFlow SavedModel        0.4623                21.28
7     TensorFlow GraphDef        0.4623                21.22
8         TensorFlow Lite           NaN                  NaN
9     TensorFlow Edge TPU           NaN                  NaN
10          TensorFlow.js           NaN                  NaN

Colab Pro CPU

benchmarks: weights=/content/yolov5/yolov5s.pt, imgsz=640, batch_size=1, data=/content/yolov5/data/coco128.yaml, device=cpu, half=False, test=False
Checking setup...
YOLOv5 🚀 v6.1-135-g7926afc torch 1.10.0+cu111 CPU
Setup complete ✅ (8 CPUs, 51.0 GB RAM, 41.5/166.8 GB disk)

Benchmarks complete (241.20s)
                   Format  mAP@0.5:0.95  Inference time (ms)
0                 PyTorch        0.4623               127.61
1             TorchScript        0.4623               131.23
2                    ONNX        0.4623                69.34
3                OpenVINO        0.4623                66.52
4                TensorRT           NaN                  NaN
5                  CoreML           NaN                  NaN
6   TensorFlow SavedModel        0.4623               123.79
7     TensorFlow GraphDef        0.4623               121.57
8         TensorFlow Lite        0.4623               316.61
9     TensorFlow Edge TPU           NaN                  NaN
10          TensorFlow.js           NaN                  NaN

Export a Trained YOLOv5 Model

This command exports a pretrained YOLOv5s model to TorchScript and ONNX formats. yolov5s.pt is the 'small' model, the second-smallest model available. Other options are yolov5n.pt, yolov5m.pt, yolov5l.pt and yolov5x.pt, along with their P6 counterparts i.e. yolov5s6.pt or you own custom training checkpoint i.e. runs/exp/weights/best.pt. For details on all available models please see our README table.

python export.py --weights yolov5s.pt --include torchscript onnx

💡 ProTip: Add --half to export models at FP16 half precision for smaller file sizes

Output:

export: data=data/coco128.yaml, weights=['yolov5s.pt'], imgsz=[640, 640], batch_size=1, device=cpu, half=False, inplace=False, train=False, keras=False, optimize=False, int8=False, dynamic=False, simplify=False, opset=12, verbose=False, workspace=4, nms=False, agnostic_nms=False, topk_per_class=100, topk_all=100, iou_thres=0.45, conf_thres=0.25, include=['torchscript', 'onnx']
YOLOv5 🚀 v6.2-104-ge3e5122 Python-3.8.0 torch-1.12.1+cu113 CPU

Downloading https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/releases/download/v6.2/yolov5s.pt to yolov5s.pt...
100% 14.1M/14.1M [00:00<00:00, 274MB/s]

Fusing layers...
YOLOv5s summary: 213 layers, 7225885 parameters, 0 gradients

PyTorch: starting from yolov5s.pt with output shape (1, 25200, 85) (14.1 MB)

TorchScript: starting export with torch 1.12.1+cu113...
TorchScript: export success ✅ 1.7s, saved as yolov5s.torchscript (28.1 MB)

ONNX: starting export with onnx 1.12.0...
ONNX: export success ✅ 2.3s, saved as yolov5s.onnx (28.0 MB)

Export complete (5.5s)
Results saved to /content/yolov5
Detect:          python detect.py --weights yolov5s.onnx
Validate:        python val.py --weights yolov5s.onnx
PyTorch Hub:     model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.onnx')
Visualize:       https://netron.app/

The 3 exported models will be saved alongside the original PyTorch model:

YOLO export locations

Netron Viewer is recommended for visualizing exported models:

YOLO model visualization

Exported Model Usage Examples

detect.py runs inference on exported models:

python detect.py --weights yolov5s.pt                 # PyTorch
                           yolov5s.torchscript        # TorchScript
                           yolov5s.onnx               # ONNX Runtime or OpenCV DNN with dnn=True
                           yolov5s_openvino_model     # OpenVINO
                           yolov5s.engine             # TensorRT
                           yolov5s.mlmodel            # CoreML (macOS only)
                           yolov5s_saved_model        # TensorFlow SavedModel
                           yolov5s.pb                 # TensorFlow GraphDef
                           yolov5s.tflite             # TensorFlow Lite
                           yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite     # TensorFlow Edge TPU
                           yolov5s_paddle_model       # PaddlePaddle

val.py runs validation on exported models:

python val.py --weights yolov5s.pt                 # PyTorch
                        yolov5s.torchscript        # TorchScript
                        yolov5s.onnx               # ONNX Runtime or OpenCV DNN with dnn=True
                        yolov5s_openvino_model     # OpenVINO
                        yolov5s.engine             # TensorRT
                        yolov5s.mlmodel            # CoreML (macOS Only)
                        yolov5s_saved_model        # TensorFlow SavedModel
                        yolov5s.pb                 # TensorFlow GraphDef
                        yolov5s.tflite             # TensorFlow Lite
                        yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite     # TensorFlow Edge TPU
                        yolov5s_paddle_model       # PaddlePaddle

Use PyTorch Hub with exported YOLOv5 models:

import torch

# Model
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.pt')
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.torchscript ')  # TorchScript
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.onnx')  # ONNX Runtime
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_openvino_model')  # OpenVINO
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.engine')  # TensorRT
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.mlmodel')  # CoreML (macOS Only)
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_saved_model')  # TensorFlow SavedModel
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.pb')  # TensorFlow GraphDef
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.tflite')  # TensorFlow Lite
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite')  # TensorFlow Edge TPU
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_paddle_model')  # PaddlePaddle

# Images
img = 'https://ultralytics.com/images/zidane.jpg'  # or file, Path, PIL, OpenCV, numpy, list

# Inference
results = model(img)

# Results
results.print()  # or .show(), .save(), .crop(), .pandas(), etc.

OpenCV DNN inference

OpenCV inference with ONNX models:

python export.py --weights yolov5s.pt --include onnx

python detect.py --weights yolov5s.onnx --dnn  # detect
python val.py --weights yolov5s.onnx --dnn  # validate

C++ Inference

YOLOv5 OpenCV DNN C++ inference on exported ONNX model examples:

YOLOv5 OpenVINO C++ inference examples:

TensorFlow.js Web Browser Inference

https://aukerul-shuvo.github.io/YOLOv5_TensorFlow-JS/

Supported Environments

Ultralytics provides a range of ready-to-use environments, each pre-installed with essential dependencies such as CUDA, CUDNN, Python, and PyTorch, to kickstart your projects.

Free GPU Notebooks:
Google Cloud: GCP Quickstart Guide
Amazon: AWS Quickstart Guide
Azure: AzureML Quickstart Guide
Docker: Docker Quickstart Guide

Project Status

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Created 2023-11-12, Updated 2024-01-12
Authors: glenn-jocher (5)