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ngxson 
posted an update Feb 27, 2025
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A comprehensive matrix for which format should you use.

Read more on my blog post: https://huggingface.co/blog/ngxson/common-ai-model-formats

| Hardware        | GGUF      | PyTorch                | Safetensors              | ONNX  |
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
| CPU             | ✅ (best) | 🟡                      | 🟡                       | ✅    |
| GPU             | ✅        | ✅                      | ✅                       | ✅    |
| Mobile          | ✅        | 🟡 (via executorch)     | ❌                       | ✅    |
| Apple silicon   | ✅        | 🟡                      | ✅ (via MLX framework)   | ✅    |
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