AI Inference Engines head-to-head

Compare any two AI inference engines

NT First tool #1 NVIDIA TensorRT · 9.4 #2 vLLM · 9.3 #3 Apache TVM · 9.2 #4 NVIDIA Triton Inference Server · 9.1 #5 ONNX Runtime · 8.9 #6 LiteRT · 8.8 #7 ExecuTorch · 8.7 #8 Core ML · 8.6 #9 Ollama · 8.5 #10 TensorFlow · 8.4 #11 SGLang · 8.3 #12 Paddle Inference · 8.0 #13 Windows ML · 7.9 #14 Whisper · 7.9 #15 MLC LLM · 7.9 #16 llama.cpp · 7.8 #17 OpenVINO Model Server · 7.7 #18 MNN · 7.6 #19 Text Generation Inference · 7.5 #20 LMDeploy · 7.4 #21 ONNX Runtime GenAI · 7.3 #22 Candle · 7.2 #23 KTransformers · 7.1 #24 DeepSpeed-MII · 7.0 #25 TensorRT-LLM · 6.9 #26 ExLlamaV2 · 6.8 #27 stable-diffusion.cpp · 6.7 #28 FastDeploy · 6.6 #29 TensorRT Edge-LLM · 6.5 #30 MindSpore · 6.4 #31 Tengine · 6.3 #32 TensorFlow Lite Micro · 6.2 #33 XNNPACK · 6.1 #34 SRMD-ncnn-vulkan · 6.0 #35 Intel VTune Profiler · 5.9 vs Second tool #1 NVIDIA TensorRT · 9.4 #2 vLLM · 9.3 #3 Apache TVM · 9.2 #4 NVIDIA Triton Inference Server · 9.1 #5 ONNX Runtime · 8.9 #6 LiteRT · 8.8 #7 ExecuTorch · 8.7 #8 Core ML · 8.6 #9 Ollama · 8.5 #10 TensorFlow · 8.4 #11 SGLang · 8.3 #12 Paddle Inference · 8.0 #13 Windows ML · 7.9 #14 Whisper · 7.9 #15 MLC LLM · 7.9 #16 llama.cpp · 7.8 #17 OpenVINO Model Server · 7.7 #18 MNN · 7.6 #19 Text Generation Inference · 7.5 #20 LMDeploy · 7.4 #21 ONNX Runtime GenAI · 7.3 #22 Candle · 7.2 #23 KTransformers · 7.1 #24 DeepSpeed-MII · 7.0 #25 TensorRT-LLM · 6.9 #26 ExLlamaV2 · 6.8 #27 stable-diffusion.cpp · 6.7 #28 FastDeploy · 6.6 #29 TensorRT Edge-LLM · 6.5 #30 MindSpore · 6.4 #31 Tengine · 6.3 #32 TensorFlow Lite Micro · 6.2 #33 XNNPACK · 6.1 #34 SRMD-ncnn-vulkan · 6.0 #35 Intel VTune Profiler · 5.9 Compare

Every tool in the ranking is in the list, #1 to #35.

Top matchups The top four, head-to-head

• NTNVIDIA TensorRT#1 · 9.4 vs vLLM#2 · 9.3 0 wins1 even0 wins NVIDIA TensorRT leads on 0 of 1 checks, vLLM on 0, and 1 are even. NVIDIA TensorRT vs vLLM →
• NTNVIDIA TensorRT#1 · 9.4 vs ATApache TVM#3 · 9.2 0 wins1 even0 wins NVIDIA TensorRT leads on 0 of 1 checks, Apache TVM on 0, and 1 are even. NVIDIA TensorRT vs Apache TVM →
• vLLM#2 · 9.3 vs ATApache TVM#3 · 9.2 0 wins1 even0 wins vLLM leads on 0 of 1 checks, Apache TVM on 0, and 1 are even. vLLM vs Apache TVM →
• vLLM#2 · 9.3 vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server#4 · 9.1 0 wins1 even0 wins vLLM leads on 0 of 1 checks, NVIDIA Triton Inference Server on 0, and 1 are even. vLLM vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server →
• ATApache TVM#3 · 9.2 vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server#4 · 9.1 0 wins1 even0 wins Apache TVM leads on 0 of 1 checks, NVIDIA Triton Inference Server on 0, and 1 are even. Apache TVM vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server →

Every top-8 matchup 27 comparisons, grouped by tool

• NTNVIDIA TensorRT#1 · 9.4
  • vsNVIDIA TensorRT vs vLLM9.3
  • vsATNVIDIA TensorRT vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsORNVIDIA TensorRT vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsLNVIDIA TensorRT vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsENVIDIA TensorRT vs ExecuTorch8.7
  • vsCMNVIDIA TensorRT vs Core ML8.6
• vLLM#2 · 9.3
  • vsNTvLLM vs NVIDIA TensorRT9.4
  • vsATvLLM vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsvLLM vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server9.1
  • vsORvLLM vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsLvLLM vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsEvLLM vs ExecuTorch8.7
  • vsCMvLLM vs Core ML8.6
• ATApache TVM#3 · 9.2
  • vsNTApache TVM vs NVIDIA TensorRT9.4
  • vsApache TVM vs vLLM9.3
  • vsApache TVM vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server9.1
  • vsORApache TVM vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsLApache TVM vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsEApache TVM vs ExecuTorch8.7
  • vsCMApache TVM vs Core ML8.6
• NVIDIA Triton Inference Server#4 · 9.1
  • vsNVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs vLLM9.3
  • vsATNVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsORNVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsLNVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsENVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs ExecuTorch8.7
  • vsCMNVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs Core ML8.6
• ORONNX Runtime#5 · 8.9
  • vsNTONNX Runtime vs NVIDIA TensorRT9.4
  • vsONNX Runtime vs vLLM9.3
  • vsATONNX Runtime vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsONNX Runtime vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server9.1
  • vsLONNX Runtime vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsEONNX Runtime vs ExecuTorch8.7
  • vsCMONNX Runtime vs Core ML8.6
• LLiteRT#6 · 8.8
  • vsNTLiteRT vs NVIDIA TensorRT9.4
  • vsLiteRT vs vLLM9.3
  • vsATLiteRT vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsLiteRT vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server9.1
  • vsORLiteRT vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsELiteRT vs ExecuTorch8.7
  • vsCMLiteRT vs Core ML8.6
• EExecuTorch#7 · 8.7
  • vsNTExecuTorch vs NVIDIA TensorRT9.4
  • vsExecuTorch vs vLLM9.3
  • vsATExecuTorch vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsExecuTorch vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server9.1
  • vsORExecuTorch vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsLExecuTorch vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsCMExecuTorch vs Core ML8.6
• CMCore ML#8 · 8.6
  • vsNTCore ML vs NVIDIA TensorRT9.4
  • vsCore ML vs vLLM9.3
  • vsATCore ML vs Apache TVM9.2
  • vsCore ML vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server9.1
  • vsORCore ML vs ONNX Runtime8.9
  • vsLCore ML vs LiteRT8.8
  • vsECore ML vs ExecuTorch8.7

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