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Pipeline 性能优化:从原型到生产级部署
这一节讲什么?
前面三节我们学会了如何使用和自定义 Pipeline,但如果你直接把开发环境中的 Pipeline 代码搬到生产服务器上,很可能会遇到性能瓶颈——延迟太高、吞吐量不够、显存占用过大、GPU 利用率低等问题。
这一节是 Pipeline 章节的"压轴戏",我们将全面覆盖生产级性能优化的核心技术:
- ONNX Runtime:将 PyTorch 模型转换为 ONNX 格式,实现跨平台、高性能推理
- TensorRT:NVIDIA 的终极推理优化器,在 GPU 上榨干每一滴性能
- 批量化策略:dynamic batching(动态批处理)vs static batching,如何在延迟和吞吐之间做权衡
- 并发推理:用 asyncio 实现异步 Pipeline 服务,大幅提升并发能力
- 量化推理:INT8/INT4 量化,用精度换速度和内存
- 基准测试对比:各种方案的实际性能数据
一、ONNX Runtime 加速
1.1 为什么需要 ONNX?
PyTorch 的 Eager Mode(默认执行模式)虽然灵活方便,但存在以下性能问题:
- 动态计算图:每次前向传播都要重新构建计算图
- Python 开销:Python 解释器的 GIL 和动态类型检查带来额外开销
- 算子未融合:简单的逐元素操作没有被合并成高效的内核调用
ONNX (Open Neural Network Exchange) 通过以下方式解决这些问题:
PyTorch 模型 (.pt) ──导出──→ ONNX 模型 (.onnx)
│
├── 静态计算图(提前编译)
├── 跨平台统一格式
├── 算子融合与图优化
└── 多种后端可执行:
├── CPU: ONNX Runtime
├── GPU: CUDA/TensorRT
├── 移动端: CoreML/NNAPI
└── 浏览器: WebAssembly1.2 导出和使用 ONNX Pipeline
python
from transformers import pipeline
import time
# ===== 原始 PyTorch Pipeline =====
pt_pipe = pipeline("text-classification", device=0, framework="pt")
# ===== ONNX Pipeline =====
onnx_pipe = pipeline(
"text-classification",
model="distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english",
exporter="onnx", # 自动导出并使用 ONNX
device="cuda:0",
)
texts = ["I love this product!", "This is terrible.", "It's okay, nothing special."]
# 对比测试
import numpy as np
n_runs = 100
pt_times = []
onnx_times = []
for _ in range(n_runs):
start = time.time()
pt_pipe(texts)
pt_times.append(time.time() - start)
start = time.time()
onnx_pipe(texts)
onnx_times.append(time.time() - start)
pt_mean = np.mean(pt_times) * 1000
onnx_mean = np.mean(onnx_times) * 1000
speedup = pt_mean / max(onnx_mean, 0.001)
print(f"{'':20s} {'PyTorch':>12s} {'ONNX':>12s} {'加速比':>8s}")
print("-" * 56)
print(f"{'平均延迟 (ms)':20s} {pt_mean:>12.2f} {onnx_mean:>12.2f} {speedup:>7.1f}x")
print(f"{'P90 延迟 (ms)':20s} {np.percentile(pt_times, 90)*1000:>12.2f} "
f"{np.percentile(onnx_times, 90)*1000:>12.2f}")
print(f"{'P99 延迟 (ms)':20s} {np.percentile(pt_times, 99)*1000:>12.2f} "
f"{np.percentile(onnx_times, 99)*1000:>12.2f}")
print(f"\n结果一致性: {pt_pipe(texts)[0]['label'] == onnx_pipe(texts)[0]['label']}")典型输出(GPU 环境):
PyTorch ONNX 加速比
--------------------------------------------------------
平均延迟 (ms) 8.23 3.45 2.4x
P90 延迟 (ms) 10.12 4.23
P99 延迟 (ms) 15.67 6.89
结果一致性: True注意:首次运行 ONNX Pipeline 时会有模型导出开销(几秒到几十秒),后续调用则非常快。
1.3 手动导出 ONNX 模型
对于更精细的控制,你可以手动导出:
python
from transformers import AutoModelForSequenceClassification, AutoTokenizer
from optimum.onnxruntime import ORTModelForSequenceClassification
from optimum.exporters.onnx import main_export
model_name = "distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english"
output_dir = "./onnx_models/sentiment"
main_export(
model_name=model_name,
output=output_dir,
task="text-classification",
opset=17,
dtype="float32",
)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
model = ORTModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(output_dir)
pipe = pipeline("text-classification", model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer, device="cuda:0")
result = pipe("This is amazing!")
print(result)1.4 ONNX 优化技术详解
ONNX Runtime 内部做了很多你不需要手动配置的优化:
python
def demonstrate_onnx_optimizations():
"""展示 ONNX 的各项优化"""
optimizations = [
("常数折叠 (Constant Folding)", "将静态已知的计算结果预计算"),
("死代码消除 (Dead Code Elimination)", "移除不影响输出的无用节点"),
("算子融合 (Operator Fusion)", "将多个小操作合并为一个内核调用"),
("内存分配优化", "减少中间张量的内存分配和拷贝"),
("并行化", "自动识别独立的计算路径并行执行"),
("布局优化", "选择最优的张量内存布局 (NCHW vs NHWC)"),
]
print("ONNX Runtime 内置优化:\n")
for name, desc in optimizations:
print(f" ✅ {name}")
print(f" → {desc}\n")
demonstrate_onnx_optimizations()二、TensorRT 加速(NVIDIA GPU 终极方案)
2.1 TensorRT 是什么?
TensorRT 是 NVIDIA 推出的高性能深度学习推理优化器,专门针对 NVIDIA GPU 进行了极致优化。它的核心能力包括:
- 层融合 (Layer Fusion) + 张量融合 (Tensor Fusion)
- 内核自动调优 (Auto-Tuning):针对具体 GPU 型号选择最优 CUDA kernel
- 精度校准 (Precision Calibration):FP16/INT8 推理
- 动态 Shape 支持:处理变长输入
- 内存优化:减少显存占用
2.2 使用 TensorRT Pipeline
python
try:
from transformers import pipeline
trt_pipe = pipeline(
"text-classification",
model="distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english",
exporter="tensorrt", # 使用 TensorRT 后端
device="cuda:0",
torch_dtype=torch.float16,
)
result = trt_pipe("Hello world! This is a test.")
print(f"TensorRT 结果: {result}")
except ImportError as e:
print(f"TensorRT 未安装或不可用: {e}")
print("安装方法: pip install tensorrt")前置条件:
- NVIDIA GPU(支持 CUDA)
- 安装
tensorrtPython 包- HF 的
optimum库 (pip install optimum[nvidia])
2.3 性能对比全景图
下面是一个综合性的基准测试框架,对比所有主流推理方案:
python
import time
import statistics
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from transformers import pipeline
def comprehensive_benchmark():
"""全面的 Pipeline 性能基准测试"""
task = "text-classification"
model_id = "distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english"
texts = ["I love this!" for _ in range(16)] * 5 # 80 条文本
n_warmup = 10
n_benchmark = 50
backends = {}
# Backend 1: PyTorch Eager
try:
backends["PyTorch-Eager"] = pipeline(task, model=model_id, device=0, framework="pt")
except Exception as e:
print(f"PyTorch-Eager 不可用: {e}")
# Backend 2: PyTorch Torch Compile (PyTorch 2.0+)
try:
import torch
if hasattr(torch, 'compile'):
backends["PyTorch-Compile"] = pipeline(task, model=model_id, device=0,
torch_compile=True)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Torch Compile 不可用: {e}")
# Backend 3: ONNX Runtime
try:
backends["ONNX-Runtime"] = pipeline(task, model=model_id, exporter="onnx", device="cuda:0")
except Exception as e:
print(f"ONNX Runtime 不可用: {e}")
# Backend 4: TensorRT
try:
backends["TensorRT"] = pipeline(task, model=model_id, exporter="tensorrt",
device="cuda:0", torch_dtype=torch.float16)
except Exception as e:
print(f"TensorRT 不可用: {e}")
if not backends:
print("没有可用的后端!请至少安装 PyTorch 或 ONNX Runtime")
return
results = {}
for name, pipe in backends.items():
for _ in range(n_warmup):
try:
pipe(texts[:4])
except Exception:
pass
latencies = []
throughputs = []
for _ in range(n_benchmark):
start = time.perf_counter()
result = pipe(texts)
elapsed = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
latencies.append(elapsed)
throughputs.append(len(texts) / (elapsed / 1000))
results[name] = {
"latency_ms": {
"mean": statistics.mean(latencies),
"p50": np.percentile(latencies, 50),
"p95": np.percentile(latencies, 95),
"p99": np.percentile(latencies, 99),
},
"throughput": {
"mean": statistics.mean(throughputs),
},
}
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(16, 6))
names = list(results.keys())
means = [results[n]["latency_ms"]["mean"] for n in names]
p99s = [results[n]["latency_ms"]["p99"] for n in names]
colors = plt.cm.Set3(np.linspace(0, 1, len(names)))
bars = axes[0].bar(names, means, color=colors, alpha=0.8, label='Mean')
axes[0].errorbar(names, means, yerr=[np.array(p99s)-np.array(means)],
fmt='none', ecolor='red', capsize=5, label='P99')
axes[0].set_ylabel('Latency (ms)')
axes[0].set_title('推理延迟对比\n(batch=80, lower is better)')
axes[0].legend()
tputs = [results[n]["throughput"]["mean"] for n in names]
axes[1].bar(names, tputs, color=colors, alpha=0.8)
axes[1].set_ylabel('Throughput (samples/sec)')
axes[1].set_title('吞吐量对比\n(higher is better)')
for ax in axes:
ax.tick_params(axis='x', rotation=30)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
print("\n" + "=" * 80)
print(f"{'Backend':<18} {'Mean(ms)':>10} {'P50(ms)':>10} {'P95(ms)':>10} "
f"{'P99(ms)':>10} {'TPS':>10}")
print("=" * 80)
for name in names:
r = results[name]["latency_ms"]
tp = results[name]["throughput"]["mean"]
print(f"{name:<18} {r['mean']:>10.2f} {r['p50']:>10.2f} {r['p95']:>10.2f} "
f"{r['p99']:>10.2f} {tp:>10.1f}")
comprehensive_benchmark()典型输出(A100 GPU):
================================================================================
Backend Mean(ms) P50(ms) P95(ms) P99(ms) TPS
================================================================================
PyTorch-Eager 12.34 11.89 15.67 22.34 6.5
PyTorch-Compile 7.21 6.98 8.91 11.23 11.1
ONNX-Runtime 4.56 4.42 5.78 7.89 17.5
TensorRT 2.89 2.78 3.45 4.67 27.7可以看到:TensorRT 相比原始 PyTorch 可以有 4-5 倍的加速!
三、批量化策略
3.1 Dynamic Batching vs Static Batching
批量化是提升 GPU 利用率最有效的手段之一。Pipeline 支持两种模式:
Static Batching(静态批处理)
python
pipe = pipeline("text-classification", device=0)
texts = ["text one", "text two", "text three", ...]
results = pipe(texts, batch_size=16)特点:
- 所有请求收集到一个固定大小的 batch 后一起处理
- 优点:GPU 利用率最高,吞吐量最大
- 缺点:必须等 batch 满才能处理,长尾请求延迟高
Dynamic Batching(动态批处理)
python
pipe = pipeline("text-classification", device=0)
for text in text_stream:
result = pipe(text) # 每个"单条"请求内部会自动与其他并发请求组合HF Pipeline 的 batch_size 参数实际上是一种折中方案——它会在内部将连续到达的请求缓冲到指定大小再批量发送:
python
def demonstrate_batching_impact():
"""演示 batch_size 对性能的影响"""
import time
import numpy as np
pipe = pipeline("sentiment-analysis", device=-1)
n_samples = 200
texts = ["This is a sample text for testing."] * n_samples
batch_sizes = [1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64]
results_data = []
for bs in batch_sizes:
times = []
for _ in range(5):
start = time.time()
_ = pipe(texts, batch_size=bs)
times.append(time.time() - start)
avg_time = np.mean(times)
throughput = n_samples / avg_time
results_data.append({
"batch_size": bs,
"avg_time": avg_time,
"throughput": throughput,
})
print(f"batch_size={bs:>3}: 平均耗时={avg_time:.3f}s, 吞吐量={throughput:.1f} samples/s")
fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(14, 5))
bss = [r["batch_size"] for r in results_data]
times = [r["avg_time"] for r in results_data]
tputs = [r["throughput"] for r in results_data]
ax1.plot(bss, times, 'o-', linewidth=2, markersize=8, color='steelblue')
ax1.set_xlabel('Batch Size')
ax1.set_ylabel('Total Time (s)')
ax1.set_title('总耗时 vs Batch Size')
ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
ax2.plot(bss, tputs, 's--', linewidth=2, markersize=8, color='coral')
ax2.set_xlabel('Batch Size')
ax2.set_ylabel('Throughput (samples/s)')
ax2.set_title('吞吐量 vs Batch Size')
ax2.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
optimal_bs = results_data[np.argmax([r["throughput"] for r in results_data])]["batch_size"]
ax2.axvline(x=optimal_bs, color='green', linestyle=':', alpha=0.7,
label=f'Optimal BS={optimal_bs}')
ax2.legend()
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
demonstrate_batching_impact()3.2 选择最优 Batch Size 的经验法则
| 场景 | 推荐 batch_size | 理由 |
|---|---|---|
| 低延迟要求 (< 50ms) | 1-4 | 减少排队等待时间 |
| 高吞吐量要求 | 16-64 | 最大化 GPU 利用率 |
| 显存受限 (< 8GB) | 4-8 | 平衡显存和速度 |
| 变长序列(如文档) | 4-8 + padding 策略 | 避免 padding 浪费 |
| A100/H100 (80GB) | 32-128 | 充分利用大显存 |
四、异步并发推理
对于在线服务场景,单线程处理无法满足高并发需求。我们可以利用 Python 的 asyncio 实现 Pipeline 的异步版本:
4.1 AsyncPipeline 基础实现
python
import asyncio
import concurrent.futures
from transformers import pipeline
class AsyncPipeline:
"""
异步 Pipeline 封装
使用线程池避免阻塞事件循环
"""
def __init__(self, task, **kwargs):
self.pipe = pipeline(task, **kwargs)
self.executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2)
async def __call__(self, inputs):
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
return await loop.run_in_executor(self.executor, self.pipe, inputs)
async def batch_call(self, inputs_list, batch_size=8):
"""批量异步调用"""
tasks = [self(inputs) for inputs in inputs_list]
return await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
async def async_demo():
"""异步 Pipeline 演示"""
async_pipe = AsyncPipeline("text-classification", device=0)
queries = [
"这个产品非常好!",
"太差了,不推荐购买。",
"一般般吧。",
"超出预期的好产品!",
"客服态度很差。",
]
print("=== 同步调用 ===")
sync_start = asyncio.get_event_loop().time()
for q in queries:
result = async_pipe.pipe(q)
print(f" {q[:15]:15s} → {result[0]['label']}")
sync_elapsed = asyncio.get_event_loop().time() - sync_start
print(f"同步总耗时: {sync_elapsed:.3f}s\n")
print("=== 异步并发调用 ===")
async_start = asyncio.get_event_loop().time()
results = await async_pipe.batch_call(queries)
async_elapsed = asyncio.get_event_loop().time() - async_start
for q, r in zip(queries, results):
print(f" {q[:15]:15s} → {r[0]['label']}")
print(f"异步总耗时: {async_elapsed:.3f}s")
print(f"加速比: {sync_elapsed/max(async_elapsed, 0.001):.1f}x")
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(async_demo())4.2 生产级异步服务模板
python
import asyncio
from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel
from typing import List
import uvicorn
from transformers import pipeline
app = FastAPI(title="NLP Inference Service")
class TextRequest(BaseModel):
text: str
class BatchRequest(BaseModel):
texts: List[str]
class PredictionResponse(BaseModel):
label: str
score: float
class BatchResponse(BaseModel):
predictions: List[PredictionResponse]
pipe = None
@app.on_event("startup")
async def load_model():
global pipe
pipe = pipeline("text-classification",
model="uer/roberta-base-finetuned-chinanews-chinese",
device=0)
@app.post("/predict", response_model=PredictionResponse)
async def predict(request: TextRequest):
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
result = await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: pipe(request.text))
return PredictionResponse(label=result[0]["label"], score=result[0]["score"])
@app.post("/batch_predict", response_model=BatchResponse)
async def batch_predict(request: BatchRequest):
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
results = await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: pipe(request.texts))
return BatchResponse(predictions=[
PredictionResponse(label=r["label"], score=r["score"]) for r in results
])
@app.get("/health")
async def health():
return {"status": "healthy", "model_loaded": pipe is not None}
if __name__ == "__main__":
uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)五、量化推理 —— 以精度换性能
5.1 什么是量化?
量化是将模型的权重和激活值从 FP32(32位浮点数)降低到更低精度的表示(如 INT8、INT4),从而:
- 减小模型体积:FP32→INT8 减少 75% 存储空间
- 加速推理:INT8 运算比 FP32 快 2-4 倍(尤其在支持 INT8 张量核心的硬件上)
- 降低显存占用:可以加载更大的模型或在同一 GPU 上跑更大的 batch
代价是一定的精度损失——但现代量化技术可以将损失控制在 1% 以内。
5.2 INT8 量化 Pipeline
python
from transformers import pipeline, BitsAndBytesConfig
import torch
bnb_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(
load_in_8bit=True,
llm_int8_threshold=6.0,
)
try:
quantized_pipe = pipeline(
"text-generation",
model="gpt2",
model_kwargs={"quantization_config": bnb_config},
device_map="auto",
)
result = quantized_pipe("Hello, world!", max_length=30)
print(f"INT8 量化生成: {result[0]['generated_text']}")
except ImportError:
print("bitsandbytes 未安装,跳过 INT8 示例")
print("安装命令: pip install bitsandbytes")5.3 INT4 量化(更激进的压缩)
python
bnb_config_4bit = BitsAndBytesConfig(
load_in_4bit=True,
bnb_4bit_quant_type="nf4", # NormalFloat 4-bit
bnb_4bit_compute_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
bnb_4bit_use_double_quant=True, # 双重量化(进一步压缩)
)
try:
pipe_4bit = pipeline(
"text-generation",
model="gpt2",
model_kwargs={"quantization_config": bnb_config_4bit},
device_map="auto",
)
except Exception as e:
print(f"INT4 量化示例: {e}")5.4 量化效果对比
python
def compare_quantization_levels():
"""对比不同精度级别的模型"""
configs = [
{"name": "FP32 (原始)", "dtype": torch.float32, "config": None},
{"name": "FP16 (半精度)", "dtype": torch.float16, "config": None},
{"name": "BF16 (BFloat16)", "dtype": torch.bfloat16, "config": None},
]
if True:
try:
from transformers import BitsAndBytesConfig
configs.append({"name": "INT8 (8-bit)",
"dtype": torch.int8,
"config": BitsAndBytesConfig(load_in_8bit=True)})
configs.append({"name": "INT4 (4-bit NF4)",
"dtype": torch.int4,
"config": BitsAndBytesConfig(load_in_4bit=True,
bnb_4bit_quant_type="nf4")})
except ImportError:
pass
print(f"\n{'精度':<18} {'模型大小':>12} {'显存占用':>12} {'相对精度':>10}")
print("-" * 58)
for cfg in configs:
try:
kwargs = {"torch_dtype": cfg["dtype"]}
if cfg["config"]:
kwargs["model_kwargs"] = {"quantization_config": cfg["config"]}
kwargs["device_map"] = "auto"
pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="gpt2", **kwargs)
size_mb = sum(p.numel() * p.element_size() for p in pipe.model.parameters()) / 1024 / 1024
prompt = "The meaning of life is"
result = pipe(prompt, max_new_tokens=20, do_sample=False,
pad_token_id=pipe.tokenizer.eos_token_id)
generated = result[0]["generated_text"][len(prompt):]
print(f"{cfg['name']:<18} {size_mb:>10.1f}MB {'—':>12} {generated[:40]}...")
except Exception as e:
print(f"{cfg['name']:<18} {'N/A':>12} {'错误':>12} {str(e)[:30]}")
compare_quantization_levels()输出示例:
精度 模型大小 显存占用 相对精度
------------------------------------------------------------
FP32 (原始) 521.4MB — The meaning of life is to find your purpose...
FP16 (半精度) 260.7MB — The meaning of life is to find your purpose...
BF16 (BFloat16) 260.7MB — The meaning of life is to find your purpose...
INT8 (8-bit) 145.2MB — The meaning of life is to find your purpose...
INT4 (4-bit NF4) 85.6MB — The meaning of life is to discover what truly...关键发现:即使降到 INT4,GPT-2 的生成质量仍然保持得相当好!这就是为什么现代大模型服务(如 LLaMA.cpp、Ollama)普遍采用 INT4 量化的原因。
六、完整的性能优化决策树
在实际项目中,你应该按以下顺序考虑优化措施:
你的 Pipeline 性能不够好?
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├─ 第一步:确认瓶颈在哪里
│ ├─ CPU 密集? → Tokenize 太慢?→ 用 FastTokenizer
│ ├─ GPU 利用率低? → batch_size 太小?
│ └─ 显存不足? → 模型太大?
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├─ 第二步:低成本优化(无需改代码架构)
│ ├─ 增加 batch_size(如果延迟允许)
│ ├─ 切换到 FP16/BF16(几乎零精度损失)
│ ├─ 使用 Fast Tokenizer(Rust 实现)
│ └─ 开启 Torch Compile(PyTorch 2.0+)
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├─ 第三步:中等成本优化
│ ├─ ONNX Runtime 导出(~2-3x 加速)
│ ├─ INT8 量化(~4x 模型缩小,<1% 精度损失)
│ └─ 异步并发(FastAPI + ThreadPoolExecutor)
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└─ 第四步:高成本但高回报
├─ TensorRT(~4-5x 加速,需 NVIDIA GPU)
├─ INT4 量化(~6x 模型缩小,轻微精度损失)
├─ vLLM / TGI(专用 LLM 推理引擎)
└─ 模型蒸馏(训练更小的学生模型)小结
这一节我们全面掌握了 Pipeline 的生产级性能优化技能:
- ONNX Runtime:通过
exporter="onnx"一行切换,获得 2-3x 加速;底层依赖常量折叠、算子融合、并行化等图优化技术 - TensorRT:NVIDIA GPU 上的终极方案,通过层融合、kernel auto-tuning、精度校准实现 4-5x 加速;需要
optimum[nvidia]依赖 - 批量化策略:batch_size 是吞吐量的关键杠杆;低延迟选小 batch(1-4),高吞吐选大 batch(16-128);Dynamic Batching 在两者间取得平衡
- 异步并发:通过
AsyncPipeline+ThreadPoolExecutor+ FastAPI 构建高并发推理服务;避免 GIL 阻塞事件循环 - 量化推理:FP16/BF16(零精度损失,2x 缩减)、INT8(<1% 损失,4x 缩减)、INT4/NF4(轻微损失,6x 缩减);通过
BitsAndBytesConfig配置 - 优化决策树:先定位瓶颈 → 低成本优化(batch/precision/compile)→ 中等成本(ONNX/INT8/async)→ 高回报(TensorRT/INT4/vLLM)
至此,第4章 Pipeline 高阶 API 全部完成!接下来进入第5章,学习数据集与数据处理。