---
comments: true
description: Learn how to export a trained YOLOv5 model from PyTorch to different formats including TorchScript, ONNX, OpenVINO, TensorRT, and CoreML, and how to use these models.
keywords: Ultralytics, YOLOv5, model export, PyTorch, TorchScript, ONNX, OpenVINO, TensorRT, CoreML, TensorFlow
---
# TFLite, ONNX, CoreML, TensorRT Export
📚 This guide explains how to export a trained YOLOv5 🚀 model from PyTorch to ONNX and TorchScript formats.
## Before You Start
Clone repo and install [requirements.txt](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/requirements.txt) in a [**Python>=3.8.0**](https://www.python.org/) environment, including [**PyTorch>=1.8**](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/). [Models](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/tree/master/models) and [datasets](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/tree/master/data) download automatically from the latest YOLOv5 [release](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/releases).
```bash
git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5 # clone
cd yolov5
pip install -r requirements.txt # install
```
For [TensorRT](https://developer.nvidia.com/tensorrt) export example (requires GPU) see our Colab [notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/tutorial.ipynb#scrollTo=VTRwsvA9u7ln&line=2&uniqifier=1) appendix section. <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/tutorial.ipynb"><img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab"></a>
## Formats
YOLOv5 inference is officially supported in 11 formats:
💡 ProTip: Export to ONNX or OpenVINO for up to 3x CPU speedup. See [CPU Benchmarks](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/pull/6613). 💡 ProTip: Export to TensorRT for up to 5x GPU speedup. See [GPU Benchmarks](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/pull/6963).
| Format | `export.py --include` | Model |
|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----------------------|:--------------------------|
| [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/) | - | `yolov5s.pt` |
| [TorchScript](https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/jit.html) | `torchscript` | `yolov5s.torchscript` |
| [ONNX](https://onnx.ai/) | `onnx` | `yolov5s.onnx` |
| [OpenVINO](https://docs.openvino.ai/latest/index.html) | `openvino` | `yolov5s_openvino_model/` |
| [TensorRT](https://developer.nvidia.com/tensorrt) | `engine` | `yolov5s.engine` |
| [CoreML](https://github.com/apple/coremltools) | `coreml` | `yolov5s.mlmodel` |
| [TensorFlow SavedModel](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/saved_model) | `saved_model` | `yolov5s_saved_model/` |
| [TensorFlow GraphDef](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/Graph) | `pb` | `yolov5s.pb` |
| [TensorFlow Lite](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite) | `tflite` | `yolov5s.tflite` |
| [TensorFlow Edge TPU](https://coral.ai/docs/edgetpu/models-intro/) | `edgetpu` | `yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite` |
| [TensorFlow.js](https://www.tensorflow.org/js) | `tfjs` | `yolov5s_web_model/` |
| [PaddlePaddle](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle) | `paddle` | `yolov5s_paddle_model/` |
## Benchmarks
Benchmarks below run on a Colab Pro with the YOLOv5 tutorial notebook <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/tutorial.ipynb"><img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab"></a>. To reproduce:
```bash
python benchmarks.py --weights yolov5s.pt --imgsz 640 --device 0
```
### Colab Pro V100 GPU
```
benchmarks: weights=/content/yolov5/yolov5s.pt, imgsz=640, batch_size=1, data=/content/yolov5/data/coco128.yaml, device=0, half=False, test=False
Checking setup...
YOLOv5 🚀 v6.1-135-g7926afc torch 1.10.0+cu111 CUDA:0 (Tesla V100-SXM2-16GB, 16160MiB)
Setup complete ✅ (8 CPUs, 51.0 GB RAM, 46.7/166.8 GB disk)
Benchmarks complete (458.07s)
Format mAP@0.5:0.95 Inference time (ms)
0 PyTorch 0.4623 10.19
1 TorchScript 0.4623 6.85
2 ONNX 0.4623 14.63
3 OpenVINO NaN NaN
4 TensorRT 0.4617 1.89
5 CoreML NaN NaN
6 TensorFlow SavedModel 0.4623 21.28
7 TensorFlow GraphDef 0.4623 21.22
8 TensorFlow Lite NaN NaN
9 TensorFlow Edge TPU NaN NaN
10 TensorFlow.js NaN NaN
```
### Colab Pro CPU
```
benchmarks: weights=/content/yolov5/yolov5s.pt, imgsz=640, batch_size=1, data=/content/yolov5/data/coco128.yaml, device=cpu, half=False, test=False
Checking setup...
YOLOv5 🚀 v6.1-135-g7926afc torch 1.10.0+cu111 CPU
Setup complete ✅ (8 CPUs, 51.0 GB RAM, 41.5/166.8 GB disk)
Benchmarks complete (241.20s)
Format mAP@0.5:0.95 Inference time (ms)
0 PyTorch 0.4623 127.61
1 TorchScript 0.4623 131.23
2 ONNX 0.4623 69.34
3 OpenVINO 0.4623 66.52
4 TensorRT NaN NaN
5 CoreML NaN NaN
6 TensorFlow SavedModel 0.4623 123.79
7 TensorFlow GraphDef 0.4623 121.57
8 TensorFlow Lite 0.4623 316.61
9 TensorFlow Edge TPU NaN NaN
10 TensorFlow.js NaN NaN
```
## Export a Trained YOLOv5 Model
This command exports a pretrained YOLOv5s model to TorchScript and ONNX formats. `yolov5s.pt` is the 'small' model, the second-smallest model available. Other options are `yolov5n.pt`, `yolov5m.pt`, `yolov5l.pt` and `yolov5x.pt`, along with their P6 counterparts i.e. `yolov5s6.pt` or you own custom training checkpoint i.e. `runs/exp/weights/best.pt`. For details on all available models please see our README [table](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5#pretrained-checkpoints).
```bash
python export.py --weights yolov5s.pt --include torchscript onnx
```
💡 ProTip: Add `--half` to export models at FP16 half precision for smaller file sizes
Output:
```bash
export: data=data/coco128.yaml, weights=['yolov5s.pt'], imgsz=[640, 640], batch_size=1, device=cpu, half=False, inplace=False, train=False, keras=False, optimize=False, int8=False, dynamic=False, simplify=False, opset=12, verbose=False, workspace=4, nms=False, agnostic_nms=False, topk_per_class=100, topk_all=100, iou_thres=0.45, conf_thres=0.25, include=['torchscript', 'onnx']
YOLOv5 🚀 v6.2-104-ge3e5122 Python-3.8.0 torch-1.12.1+cu113 CPU
Downloading https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/releases/download/v6.2/yolov5s.pt to yolov5s.pt...
100% 14.1M/14.1M [00:00<00:00, 274MB/s]
Fusing layers...
YOLOv5s summary: 213 layers, 7225885 parameters, 0 gradients
PyTorch: starting from yolov5s.pt with output shape (1, 25200, 85) (14.1 MB)
TorchScript: starting export with torch 1.12.1+cu113...
TorchScript: export success ✅ 1.7s, saved as yolov5s.torchscript (28.1 MB)
ONNX: starting export with onnx 1.12.0...
ONNX: export success ✅ 2.3s, saved as yolov5s.onnx (28.0 MB)
Export complete (5.5s)
Results saved to /content/yolov5
Detect: python detect.py --weights yolov5s.onnx
Validate: python val.py --weights yolov5s.onnx
PyTorch Hub: model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.onnx')
Visualize: https://netron.app/
```
The 3 exported models will be saved alongside the original PyTorch model:
<p align="center"><img width="700" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26833433/122827190-57a8f880-d2e4-11eb-860e-dbb7f9fc57fb.png" alt="YOLO export locations"></p>
[Netron Viewer](https://github.com/lutzroeder/netron) is recommended for visualizing exported models:
<p align="center"><img width="850" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26833433/191003260-f94011a7-5b2e-4fe3-93c1-e1a935e0a728.png" alt="YOLO model visualization"></p>
## Exported Model Usage Examples
`detect.py` runs inference on exported models:
```bash
python detect.py --weights yolov5s.pt # PyTorch
yolov5s.torchscript # TorchScript
yolov5s.onnx # ONNX Runtime or OpenCV DNN with dnn=True
yolov5s_openvino_model # OpenVINO
yolov5s.engine # TensorRT
yolov5s.mlmodel # CoreML (macOS only)
yolov5s_saved_model # TensorFlow SavedModel
yolov5s.pb # TensorFlow GraphDef
yolov5s.tflite # TensorFlow Lite
yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite # TensorFlow Edge TPU
yolov5s_paddle_model # PaddlePaddle
```
`val.py` runs validation on exported models:
```bash
python val.py --weights yolov5s.pt # PyTorch
yolov5s.torchscript # TorchScript
yolov5s.onnx # ONNX Runtime or OpenCV DNN with dnn=True
yolov5s_openvino_model # OpenVINO
yolov5s.engine # TensorRT
yolov5s.mlmodel # CoreML (macOS Only)
yolov5s_saved_model # TensorFlow SavedModel
yolov5s.pb # TensorFlow GraphDef
yolov5s.tflite # TensorFlow Lite
yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite # TensorFlow Edge TPU
yolov5s_paddle_model # PaddlePaddle
```
Use PyTorch Hub with exported YOLOv5 models:
```python
import torch
# Model
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.pt')
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.torchscript ') # TorchScript
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.onnx') # ONNX Runtime
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_openvino_model') # OpenVINO
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.engine') # TensorRT
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.mlmodel') # CoreML (macOS Only)
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_saved_model') # TensorFlow SavedModel
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.pb') # TensorFlow GraphDef
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s.tflite') # TensorFlow Lite
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_edgetpu.tflite') # TensorFlow Edge TPU
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', 'yolov5s_paddle_model') # PaddlePaddle
# Images
img = 'https://ultralytics.com/images/zidane.jpg' # or file, Path, PIL, OpenCV, numpy, list
# Inference
results = model(img)
# Results
results.print() # or .show(), .save(), .crop(), .pandas(), etc.
```
## OpenCV DNN inference
OpenCV inference with ONNX models:
```bash
python export.py --weights yolov5s.pt --include onnx
python detect.py --weights yolov5s.onnx --dnn # detect
python val.py --weights yolov5s.onnx --dnn # validate
```
## C++ Inference
YOLOv5 OpenCV DNN C++ inference on exported ONNX model examples:
- [https://github.com/Hexmagic/ONNX-yolov5/blob/master/src/test.cpp](https://github.com/Hexmagic/ONNX-yolov5/blob/master/src/test.cpp)
- [https://github.com/doleron/yolov5-opencv-cpp-python](https://github.com/doleron/yolov5-opencv-cpp-python)
YOLOv5 OpenVINO C++ inference examples:
- [https://github.com/dacquaviva/yolov5-openvino-cpp-python](https://github.com/dacquaviva/yolov5-openvino-cpp-python)
- [https://github.com/UNeedCryDear/yolov5-seg-opencv-dnn-cpp](https://github.com/UNeedCryDear/yolov5-seg-opencv-dnn-cpp)
## TensorFlow.js Web Browser Inference
- [https://aukerul-shuvo.github.io/YOLOv5_TensorFlow-JS/](https://aukerul-shuvo.github.io/YOLOv5_TensorFlow-JS/)
## Supported Environments
Ultralytics provides a range of ready-to-use environments, each pre-installed with essential dependencies such as [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda), [CUDNN](https://developer.nvidia.com/cudnn), [Python](https://www.python.org/), and [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/), to kickstart your projects.
- **Free GPU Notebooks**: <a href="https://bit.ly/yolov5-paperspace-notebook"><img src="https://assets.paperspace.io/img/gradient-badge.svg" alt="Run on Gradient"></a> <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/tutorial.ipynb"><img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab"></a> <a href="https://www.kaggle.com/ultralytics/yolov5"><img src="https://kaggle.com/static/images/open-in-kaggle.svg" alt="Open In Kaggle"></a>
- **Google Cloud**: [GCP Quickstart Guide](../environments/google_cloud_quickstart_tutorial.md)
- **Amazon**: [AWS Quickstart Guide](../environments/aws_quickstart_tutorial.md)
- **Azure**: [AzureML Quickstart Guide](../environments/azureml_quickstart_tutorial.md)
- **Docker**: [Docker Quickstart Guide](../environments/docker_image_quickstart_tutorial.md) <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/ultralytics/yolov5"><img src="https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/ultralytics/yolov5?logo=docker" alt="Docker Pulls"></a>
## Project Status
<a href="https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/actions/workflows/ci-testing.yml"><img src="https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/actions/workflows/ci-testing.yml/badge.svg" alt="YOLOv5 CI"></a>
This badge indicates that all [YOLOv5 GitHub Actions](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/actions) Continuous Integration (CI) tests are successfully passing. These CI tests rigorously check the functionality and performance of YOLOv5 across various key aspects: [training](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/train.py), [validation](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/val.py), [inference](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/detect.py), [export](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/export.py), and [benchmarks](https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/benchmarks.py). They ensure consistent and reliable operation on macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu, with tests conducted every 24 hours and upon each new commit.