NASNet: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices

NASNet is a CNN-based architecture discovered via Neural Architecture Search (NAS) that can classify images from the Imagenet dataset.

This is based on the implementation of NASNet 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_mixed_fp16	Universal	QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3	Download
QNN_DLC	float	Universal	QAIRT 2.45	Download
TFLITE	float	Universal	QAIRT 2.45	Download

For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit NASNet 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 NASNet on GitHub for usage instructions.

Model Details

Model Type: Model_use_case.image_classification

Model Stats:

• Model checkpoint: nasnetalarge.tf_in1k
• Input resolution: 224x224
• GMACs: 5.9
• Activations (M): 19.4
• Number of parameters: 88.7M
• Model size (float): 338 MB

Performance Summary

Model	Runtime	Precision	Chipset	Inference Time (ms)	Peak Memory Range (MB)	Primary Compute Unit
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	8.381 ms	1 - 673 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	10.747 ms	1 - 676 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	8.973 ms	189 - 189 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® X Elite	17.764 ms	188 - 188 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® X Elite	17.764 ms	188 - 188 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	12.685 ms	1 - 833 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy)	17.659 ms	0 - 700 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Qualcomm® QCS9075	27.472 ms	0 - 4 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile	10.747 ms	1 - 676 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	5.516 ms	12 - 393 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	6.814 ms	12 - 392 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	5.612 ms	100 - 100 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® X Elite	13.391 ms	98 - 98 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® X Elite	13.391 ms	98 - 98 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	8.009 ms	11 - 519 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy)	11.4 ms	9 - 16 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Qualcomm® QCS9075	13.799 ms	13 - 16 MB	NPU
NASNet	ONNX	w8a8_mixed_fp16	Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile	6.814 ms	12 - 392 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	9.06 ms	0 - 664 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	10.307 ms	0 - 706 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® X2 Elite	9.401 ms	1 - 1 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® X Elite	17.956 ms	1 - 1 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® X Elite	17.956 ms	1 - 1 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	12.258 ms	0 - 835 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy)	53.777 ms	1 - 666 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy)	17.129 ms	1 - 27 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Qualcomm® QCS9075	28.686 ms	3 - 5 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy)	35.193 ms	0 - 807 MB	NPU
NASNet	QNN_DLC	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile	10.307 ms	0 - 706 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	5.534 ms	0 - 564 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile	6.928 ms	0 - 574 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	8.635 ms	0 - 714 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy)	43.251 ms	0 - 577 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy)	12.366 ms	0 - 3 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Qualcomm® QCS9075	15.491 ms	0 - 191 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy)	29.205 ms	0 - 697 MB	NPU
NASNet	TFLITE	float	Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile	6.928 ms	0 - 574 MB	NPU

License

• The license for the original implementation of NASNet can be found here.

References

• Learning Transferable Architectures for Scalable Image Recognition
• Source Model Implementation

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