OpusMT-De-En: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices
OpusMT German to English translation model is a state-of-the-art neural machine translation system designed for translating German text into English. This model is based on the Marian transformer architecture and has been optimized for edge inference by splitting into encoder and decoder components with modified attention mechanisms. It exhibits robust performance for real-world translation tasks, making it highly reliable for practical applications. The model supports input sequences up to 256 tokens and can generate English translations with high accuracy.
This is based on the implementation of OpusMT-De-En 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.
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Deploying OpusMT-De-En on-device
This model is compatible with the Qualcomm Voice AI SDK. Download the SDK from the Qualcomm Package Manager to deploy this model on-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 6 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8295P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 6 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit OpusMT-De-En 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 OpusMT-De-En on GitHub for usage instructions.
Model Details
Model Type: Model_use_case.text_generation
Model Stats:
- Attention heads: 8
- Hidden dimension: 512
- Input resolution: 256 tokens (German text)
- Max input sequence length: 256 tokens
- Max output sequence length: 256 tokens
- Model checkpoint: Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-de-en
- Model size (decoder) (float): 340 MB
- Model size (decoder) (w8a16): 90.8 MB
- Model size (encoder) (float): 212 MB
- Model size (encoder) (w8a16): 55.2 MB
- Number of decoder layers: 6
- Number of encoder layers: 6
- Number of parameters (decoder): 55.7M
- Number of parameters (encoder): 55.5M
Performance Summary
| Model | Runtime | Precision | Chipset | Inference Time (ms) | Peak Memory Range (MB) | Primary Compute Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 1.309 ms | 1 - 8 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 1.435 ms | 0 - 12 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 1.288 ms | 12 - 12 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 2.093 ms | 12 - 12 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 2.819 ms | 3 - 13 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 2.969 ms | 12 - 27 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 2.323 ms | 2 - 3 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 2.919 ms | 12 - 21 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 2.919 ms | 12 - 21 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 2.919 ms | 12 - 21 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 2.819 ms | 3 - 13 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 2.791 ms | 12 - 27 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 2.093 ms | 12 - 12 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 1.435 ms | 0 - 12 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 3.877 ms | 5 - 13 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 3.023 ms | 10 - 15 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile | 1.29 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 6 Mobile | 1.308 ms | 1 - 10 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 0.916 ms | 0 - 12 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 0.95 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 0.841 ms | 3 - 3 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1.393 ms | 3 - 3 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 1.633 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1.838 ms | 0 - 5 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1.449 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 1.884 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 1.884 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 1.884 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 1.633 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1.741 ms | 4 - 7 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1.393 ms | 3 - 3 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 0.95 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 2.706 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 2.084 ms | 1 - 6 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile | 0.892 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 6 Mobile | 0.879 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 2.602 ms | 0 - 7 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 2.954 ms | 0 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 2.533 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 4.936 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 6.175 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 5.147 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 4.967 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 5.257 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 5.257 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 5.257 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 6.175 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 5.071 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 4.936 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 2.954 ms | 0 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 8.404 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 6.397 ms | 0 - 5 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile | 1.129 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 6 Mobile | 2.419 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 2.385 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 2.824 ms | 0 - 13 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 2.333 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 4.622 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 5.548 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 4.612 ms | 0 - 4 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 4.623 ms | 0 - 2 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 4.756 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 4.756 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 4.756 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 5.548 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 4.547 ms | 2 - 6 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 4.622 ms | 0 - 0 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 2.824 ms | 0 - 13 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 7.845 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 6.01 ms | 0 - 5 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile | 0.932 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 6 Mobile | 2.197 ms | 0 - 10 MB | NPU |
License
- The license for the original implementation of OpusMT-De-En can be found here.
References
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