Qualcomm® AI Hub Models
June 30, 2026 · View on GitHub
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The Qualcomm® AI Hub Models are a collection of state-of-the-art machine learning models optimized for deployment on Qualcomm® devices.
See supported: On-Device Runtimes, Hardware Targets & Precision, Chipsets, Devices
NEW: Quick Start with the AI Hub Models CLI
Use our lightweight command-line interface to browse and download from the collection of Qualcomm® AI Hub Models.
pip install qai_hub_models_cli # (the CLI is also available with the qai-hub-models package)
qai-hub-models models # browse the catalog
qai-hub-models info mobilenet_v2 # model details + download options
qai-hub-models fetch mobilenet_v2 --runtime tflite --precision float # download a deployable asset
# ... and more
The CLI also offers a Python API.
See the CLI README for full usage instructions.
Setup
1. Install Python Package
The package is available via pip:
# NOTE for Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite users:
# Only AMDx64 (64-bit) Python is supported on Windows.
# Installation will fail when using Windows ARM64 Python.
pip install qai_hub_models
Some models (e.g. YOLOv7) require additional dependencies. View the model README (at qai_hub_models/models/model_id) for installation instructions.
2. Configure AI Hub Workbench Access
Many features of AI Hub Models (such as model compilation, on-device profiling, etc.) require access to Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench:
- Create a Qualcomm® ID, and use it to login to Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench.
- Configure your API token:
qai-hub configure --api_token API_TOKEN
Getting Started
Export and Run A Model on a Physical Device
All models in our directory can be compiled and profiled on a hosted Qualcomm® device:
pip install "qai_hub_models[yolov7]"
python -m qai_hub_models.models.yolov7.export [--target-runtime ...] [--device ...] [--help]
Using Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench, the export script will:
- Compile the model for the chosen device and target runtime (see: Compiling Models on AI Hub Workbench).
- If applicable, Quantize the model (see: Quantization on AI Hub Workbench)
- Profile the compiled model on a real device in the cloud (see: Profiling Models on AI Hub Workbench).
- Run inference with a sample input data on a real device in the cloud, and compare on-device model output with PyTorch output (see: Running Inference on AI Hub Workbench)
- Download the compiled model to disk.
End-To-End Model Demos
Most models in our directory contain CLI demos that run the model end-to-end:
pip install "qai_hub_models[yolov7]"
# Predict and draw bounding boxes on the provided image
python -m qai_hub_models.models.yolov7.demo [--image ...] [--eval-mode {fp,on-device}] [--help]
End-to-end demos:
- Preprocess human-readable input into model input
- Run model inference
- Postprocess model output to a human-readable format
Many end-to-end demos use AI Hub Workbench to run inference on a real cloud-hosted device (with --eval-mode on-device). All end-to-end demos can also run locally via PyTorch (with --eval-mode fp).
Sample Applications
Native applications that can run our models (with pre- and post-processing) on physical devices are published in the AI Hub Apps repository.
Python applications are defined for all models (from qai_hub_models.models.<model_name> import App). These apps wrap model inference with pre- and post-processing steps written using torch & numpy. These apps are optimized to be an easy-to-follow example, rather than to minimize prediction time.
Model Support Data
On-Device Runtimes
| Runtime | Supported OS |
|---|---|
| Qualcomm AI Engine Direct | Android, Linux, Windows |
| LiteRT (TensorFlow Lite) | Android, Linux |
| ONNX | Android, Linux, Windows |
Device Hardware & Precision
| Device Compute Unit | Supported Precision |
|---|---|
| CPU | FP32, INT16, INT8 |
| GPU | FP32, FP16 |
| NPU (includes Hexagon DSP, HTP) | FP16*, INT16, INT8 |
*Some older chipsets do not support fp16 inference on their NPU.
Chipsets
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 8 Elite, 8 Gen 3, 8 Gen 2, and 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platforms
- Snapdragon X2 Elite, Snapdragon X Elite Compute Platforms
- SA7255P, SA8295P, and SA8775P Automotive Platforms
- QCS 6490, QCS 8250, QCS 9075, and QCS 8550 IoT Platforms
- QCS8450 XR Platform
and many more.
Devices
- Samsung Galaxy S21, S22, S23, S24, and S25 Series
- Xiaomi 12, 13, 15, and 17
- Snapdragon X Elite CRD and Snapdragon X2 Elite CRD (Compute Reference Device)
- Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2, RB5 Gen 2, IQ-8, IQ-9
and many more.
Model Directory
Computer Vision
Multimodal
Audio
Generative AI
Need help?
Slack: https://aihub.qualcomm.com/community/slack
GitHub Issues: https://github.com/qualcomm/ai-hub-models/issues
Email: ai-hub-support@qti.qualcomm.com.
LICENSE
Qualcomm® AI Hub Models is licensed under BSD-3. See the LICENSE file.