import torch from torch import nn from safetensors.torch import load_model, save_model a = torch.zeros((100, 100)) b = a[:1, :] # torch.save({"b": b}, "model.bin") # File is 41k instead of the expected 400 bytes # In practice it could happen that you save several 10GB instead of 1GB. save_model({"b":b}, "model.safetensors")