int8 quantized TTS model slower than fp32 about sherpa-onnx

[csukuangfj]

@martinshkreli

Could you describe how you get the int8 models?

[danpovey]

Fangjun will get back to you about it, but: hi, martin shkreli!
We might need more hardware info and details about what differed between those two runs.

[martinshkreli]

Hi guys, thanks again for the wonderful repo. I followed this link to download the model:
https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/tts/pretrained_models/vits.html#download-the-model

Then, I used that file (vits-ljs.int8.onnx) for inference in the python script (offline-tts.py). This was on an 8xA100 instance.

[martinshkreli]

@martinshkreli

Could you describe how you get the int8 models?

hi Fangjun, i just wanted to try and get your attention one more time, sorry if I am being annoying!

[csukuangfj]

The int8 model is obtained via the following code

sherpa-onnx/scripts/vits/export-onnx-ljs.py

Lines 204 to 208 in d771762

	quantize_dynamic(
	model_input=filename,
	model_output=filename_int8,
	weight_type=QuantType.QUInt8,
	)

Note that it uses

sherpa-onnx/scripts/vits/export-onnx-ljs.py

Line 207 in d771762

weight_type=QuantType.QUInt8,

It is a known issue about onnxruntime that quint8 is slower.

For instance, if you search with google, you can find similar issues:

• microsoft/onnxruntime#12854
• microsoft/onnxruntime#6732

[danpovey]

fangjun, is the int8 intended for different applications or devices then?

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On Friday, February 16, 2024, Fangjun Kuang ***@***.***> wrote: The int8 model is obtained via the following code https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/blob/d7717628689b051b4c9bffd8d43f3e 074388e2d7/scripts/vits/export-onnx-ljs.py#L204-L208 Note that it uses https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/blob/d7717628689b051b4c9bffd8d43f3e 074388e2d7/scripts/vits/export-onnx-ljs.py#L207 It is a known issue about onnxruntime that quint8 is slower. For instance, if you search with google, you can find similar issues: - microsoft/onnxruntime#12854 <microsoft/onnxruntime#12854> - microsoft/onnxruntime#6732 <microsoft/onnxruntime#6732> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#575 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAZFLO24SJC2ZHERFOMYLKDYT5HQDAVCNFSM6AAAAABC45NFDKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSNBYGMYTONZUHA> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[csukuangfj]

int8 model mentioned in this issue is about 4x less in file size than that of float32.

If memory matters, then int8 model is preferred.

[beqabeqa473]

hi @csukuangfj do you know how to optimize speed of an int8 model? I was experimenting several months ago with it, but i was not able to convert to qint8 and quint8 is really slow on cpu.

[nshmyrev]

You don't need to optimize speed, you need to pick MB-iSTFT VITS model, they are order of magnitude faster than raw VITS with the same quality.