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library_name: pytorch
license: other
tags:
- android
pipeline_tag: image-to-image
Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices
Real-ESRGAN is a machine learning model that upscales an image with minimal loss in quality.
This is based on the implementation of Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 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.
Qualcomm AI Hub Models uses Qualcomm AI Hub Workbench to compile, profile, and evaluate this model. Sign up to run these models on a hosted Qualcomm® device.
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 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 | Download |
| ONNX | w8a8 | Universal | QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 | Download |
| QNN_DLC | float | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| TFLITE | float | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| TFLITE | w8a8 | Universal | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 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 Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 on GitHub for usage instructions.
Model Details
Model Type: Model_use_case.super_resolution
Model Stats:
- Model checkpoint: realesr-general-x4v3
- Input resolution: 128x128
- Number of parameters: 1.21M
- Model size (float): 4.65 MB
- Model size (w8a8): 1.25 MB
Performance Summary
| Model | Runtime | Precision | Chipset | Inference Time (ms) | Peak Memory Range (MB) | Primary Compute Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 2.649 ms | 0 - 152 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 3.435 ms | 4 - 4 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 6.424 ms | 8 - 8 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 4.544 ms | 7 - 195 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) | 6.046 ms | 3 - 36 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Qualcomm® QCS9075 | 9.79 ms | 8 - 11 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 3.61 ms | 0 - 152 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.69 ms | 0 - 157 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.873 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1.938 ms | 2 - 2 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1.245 ms | 0 - 169 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS6490 | 153.115 ms | 23 - 29 MB | CPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.729 ms | 0 - 113 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS9075 | 1.948 ms | 0 - 3 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCM6690 | 146.476 ms | 23 - 32 MB | CPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 0.97 ms | 0 - 41 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | ONNX | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 117.157 ms | 26 - 35 MB | CPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 2.298 ms | 0 - 159 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 3.473 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 6.375 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 4.277 ms | 0 - 182 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy) | 33.193 ms | 0 - 150 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) | 5.828 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 9.402 ms | 0 - 154 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® QCS9075 | 9.633 ms | 0 - 5 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) | 8.798 ms | 0 - 89 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 33.193 ms | 0 - 150 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 9.742 ms | 0 - 51 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 3.23 ms | 0 - 159 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.636 ms | 0 - 38 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.976 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 2.003 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1.238 ms | 0 - 163 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS6490 | 6.118 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy) | 5.702 ms | 0 - 148 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.749 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 2.039 ms | 0 - 152 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS9075 | 1.979 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCM6690 | 25.446 ms | 0 - 148 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) | 2.709 ms | 0 - 66 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 5.702 ms | 0 - 148 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 3.2 ms | 0 - 45 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 0.915 ms | 0 - 35 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | QNN_DLC | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 2.356 ms | 0 - 147 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 2.304 ms | 0 - 162 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 4.277 ms | 0 - 186 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy) | 33.239 ms | 3 - 156 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) | 5.828 ms | 3 - 12 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 9.418 ms | 3 - 161 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® QCS9075 | 9.569 ms | 3 - 11 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) | 8.82 ms | 3 - 95 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 33.239 ms | 3 - 156 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 9.753 ms | 3 - 57 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 3.236 ms | 0 - 158 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 0.646 ms | 0 - 39 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1.242 ms | 0 - 168 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS6490 | 6.082 ms | 1 - 5 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy) | 5.719 ms | 1 - 150 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.771 ms | 0 - 38 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 2.062 ms | 0 - 152 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS9075 | 1.998 ms | 0 - 4 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCM6690 | 25.479 ms | 1 - 150 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) | 2.792 ms | 0 - 66 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 5.719 ms | 1 - 150 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 3.242 ms | 0 - 47 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 0.912 ms | 0 - 35 MB | NPU |
| Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 | TFLITE | w8a8 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 2.366 ms | 0 - 148 MB | NPU |
License
- The license for the original implementation of Real-ESRGAN-General-x4v3 can be found here.
References
- Real-ESRGAN: Training Real-World Blind Super-Resolution with Pure Synthetic Data
- Source Model Implementation
Community
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- For questions or feedback please reach out to us.