# TFLite Model Benchmark Tool with C++ Binary ## Description A simple C++ binary to benchmark a TFLite model and its individual operators, both on desktop machines and on Android. The binary takes a TFLite model, generates random inputs and then repeatedly runs the model for specified number of runs. Aggregate latency statistics are reported after running the benchmark. The instructions below are for running the binary on Desktop and Android, for iOS please use the [iOS benchmark app](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/ios). An experimental Android APK wrapper for the benchmark model utility offers more faithful execution behavior on Android (via a foreground Activity). It is located [here](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/android). ## Parameters The binary takes the following required parameters: * `graph`: `string` \ The path to the TFLite model file. and the following optional parameters: * `signature_to_run_for`: `string` (default="") \ If the model contains multiple signatures, use this flag to specify the signature to benchmark. - If multiple signatures are present and this flag is not specified, the benchmark will throw an error. - If only one signature is present and this flag is not specified, the default signature will be used. * `num_threads`: `int` (default=-1) \ The number of threads to use for running TFLite interpreter. By default, this is set to the platform default value -1. * `warmup_runs`: `int` (default=1) \ The number of warmup runs to do before starting the benchmark. * `num_runs`: `int` (default=50) \ The number of runs. Increase this to reduce variance. * `max_secs` : float (default=150.0) \ The maximum number of seconds the benchmark will run before being terminated. * `run_delay`: `float` (default=-1.0) \ The delay in seconds between subsequent benchmark runs. Non-positive values mean use no delay. * `run_frequency`: `float` (default=-1.0) \ The frequency of running a benchmark run as the number of prorated runs per second. If the targeted rate per second cannot be reached, the benchmark would start the next run immediately, trying its best to catch up. If set, this will override the `run_delay` parameter. A non-positive value means there is no delay between subsequent runs. * `enable_op_profiling`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to enable per-operator profiling measurement. * `max_profiling_buffer_entries`: `int` (default=1024) \ The initial max number of profiling events that will be stored during each inference run. It is only meaningful when `enable_op_profiling` is set to `true`. Note, the actual value of this parameter will be adjusted if the model has more nodes than the specified value of this parameter. Also, when `allow_dynamic_profiling_buffer_increase` is set to `true`, the number of profiling buffer entries will be increased dynamically. * `allow_dynamic_profiling_buffer_increase`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether allowing dynamic increase on the number of profiling buffer entries. It is only meaningful when `enable_op_profiling` is set to `true`. Note, allowing dynamic buffer size increase may cause more profiling overhead, thus it is preferred to set `max_profiling_buffer_entries` to a large-enough value. * `op_profiling_output_mode`: `str` (default="stdout") \ The output mode for the profiling information generated. Requires `enable_op_profiling` to be `true`. Takes one of the following 3 values: - `stdout` : Print profiling information to STDOUT. - `csv` : Print the profiling information in a CSV format. - `proto` : Print the profiling information in a proto format as specified in `tensorflow/lite/profiling/proto/profiling_info.proto`. * `op_profiling_output_file`: `str` (default="") \ File path to export profile data to. The results are printed to `stdout` if option is not set. Requires `enable_op_profiling` to be `true` and the path to include the name of the output file; otherwise results are printed to `stdout`. * `export_model_runtime_info`: `bool` (default="false") \ Exports the model runtime information in a proto format as specified in `tensorflow/lite/profiling/proto/model_runtime_info.proto`. * `model_runtime_info_output_file`: `str` (default="") \ File path to export model runtime data to. The results are printed to `stdout` if option is not set. Requires `export_model_runtime_info` to be `true` and the path to include the name of the output file; otherwise results are printed to `stdout`. * `profiling_output_csv_file`: `str` (default="") \ WARNING: Deprecated, prefer using `op_profiling_output_mode` and `op_profiling_output_file` instead. File path to export profile data to as CSV. The results are printed to `stdout` if option is not set. Requires `enable_op_profiling` to be `true` and the path to include the name of the output CSV; otherwise results are printed to `stdout`. * `output_filepath`: `str` (default="") \ File path to save output tensor data to. If specified, the output tensor values are saved as binary data in the file. * `output_proto_filepath`: `str` (default="") \ File path to save output tensor data as tensorflow example proto. If specified, the output tensor values are saved in tensorflow example and then serialized to the file. * `print_preinvoke_state`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to print out the TfLite interpreter internals just before calling tflite::Interpreter::Invoke. The internals will include allocated memory size of each tensor etc. Enabling this could help understand TfLite graph and memory usage. * `print_postinvoke_state`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to print out the TfLite interpreter internals just before benchmark completes (i.e. after all repeated Invoke calls complete). The internals will include allocated memory size of each tensor etc. Enabling this could help understand TfLite graph and memory usage, particularly when there are dynamic-shaped tensors in the graph. * `report_peak_memory_footprint`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to report the peak memory footprint by periodically checking the memory footprint. Internally, a separate thread will be spawned for this periodic check. Therefore, the performance benchmark result could be affected. * `memory_footprint_check_interval_ms`: `int` (default=50) \ The interval in millisecond between two consecutive memory footprint checks. This is only used when --report_peak_memory_footprint is set to true. * `dry_run`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to run the tool just with simply loading the model, allocating tensors etc. but without actually invoking any op kernels. * `verbose`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to log parameters whose values are not set. By default, only log those parameters that are set by parsing their values from the commandline flags. * `release_dynamic_tensors`: `bool` (default=false) \ Whether to configure the Interpreter to immediately release the memory of dynamic tensors in the graph once they are not used. * `optimize_memory_for_large_tensors`: `int` (default=0) \ Whether to optimize memory usage for large tensors with sacrificing latency. When the feature is enabled, `release_dynamic_tensors` is also enabled. * `enable_builtin_cast_constant_cache`: `bool` (default=false) \ Configure the builtin TFLite CAST operation to cache its output if its input is a constant tensor. WARNING: This is an experimental option that may be removed at any time. This list of parameters is not exhaustive. See [here](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/benchmark_model.cc) and [here](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/benchmark_tflite_model.cc) for all parameters that the binary takes. ### Model input parameters By default, the tool will use randomized data for model inputs. The following parameters allow users to specify customized input values to the model when running the benchmark tool: * `input_layer`: `string` \ A comma-separated list of input layer names, e.g. 'input1,input2'. Note all inputs of the model graph need to be specified. However, the input name does not need to match that encoded in the model. Additionally, the order of input layer names specified here is assumed to be same with that is seen by the Tensorflow Lite interpreter. This is a bit inconvenient but the [visualization tool](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/visualize.py) should help to find this order. * `input_layer_shape`: `string` \ A colon-separated list of input layer shapes, where each shape is a comma-separated list, e.g. '1,30:1,10'. Similar to `input_layer`, this parameter also requires shapes of all inputs be specified, and the order of inputs be same with that is seen by the interpreter. * `input_layer_value_range`: `string` \ A map-like string representing value range for *integer* input layers. Each item is separated by ':', and the item value consists of input layer name and integer-only range values (both low and high are inclusive) separated by ',', e.g. 'input1,1,2:input2,0,254'. Note that the input layer name must exist in the list of names specified by `input_layer`. * `input_layer_value_files`: `string` \ A map-like string representing files that contain input values. Each item is separated by ',', and the item value consists of input layer name and the file path separated by ':', e.g. 'input1:file_path1,input2:file_path2'. In case the input layer name contains ':' e.g. "input:0", escape it with "::" literal, e.g. `input::0:file_path1`. If a input name appears in both `input_layer_value_range` and `input_layer_value_files`, the corresponding input value range specified by`input_layer_value_range` will be ignored. The file format is binary, and the content should be either a byte array or null-separated strings. Note that the input layer name must also exist in the list of names specified by `input_layer`. ### TFLite delegate parameters The tool supports all runtime/delegate parameters introduced by [the delegate registrar](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/delegates). The following simply lists the names of these parameters and additional notes where applicable. For details about each parameter, please refer to [this page](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/lite/tools/delegates/README.md#tflite-delegate-registrar). #### Common parameters * `max_delegated_partitions`: `int` (default=0) * `min_nodes_per_partition`:`int` (default=0) * `delegate_serialize_dir`: `str` (default="") * `delegate_serialize_token`: `str` (default="") #### GPU delegate * `use_gpu`: `bool` (default=false) * `gpu_precision_loss_allowed`: `bool` (default=true) * `gpu_experimental_enable_quant`: `bool` (default=true) * `gpu_inference_for_sustained_speed`: `bool` (default=false) * `gpu_backend`: `string` (default="") * `gpu_wait_type`: `str` (default="") #### NNAPI delegate * `use_nnapi`: `bool` (default=false) \ Note some Android P devices will fail to use NNAPI for models in `/data/local/tmp/` and this benchmark tool will not correctly use NNAPI. * `nnapi_execution_preference`: `str` (default="") \ Should be one of: `fast_single_answer`, `sustained_speed`, `low_power`, `undefined`. * `nnapi_execution_priority`: `str` (default="") \ Note this requires Android 11+. * `nnapi_accelerator_name`: `str` (default="") \ Note this requires Android 10+. * `disable_nnapi_cpu`: `bool` (default=true) * `nnapi_allow_fp16`: `bool` (default=false) * `nnapi_allow_dynamic_dimensions`:`bool` (default=false) * `nnapi_use_burst_mode`:`bool` (default=false) #### Hexagon delegate * `use_hexagon`: `bool` (default=false) * `hexagon_profiling`: `bool` (default=false) \ Note enabling this option will not produce profiling results outputs unless `enable_op_profiling` is also turned on. When both parameters are set to true, the profile of ops on hexagon DSP will be added to the profile table. Note that, the reported data on hexagon is in cycles, not in ms like on cpu. * `hexagon_lib_path`: `string` (default="/data/local/tmp/") \ The library path for the underlying Hexagon libraries. This is where libhexagon_nn_skel*.so files should be. For libhexagon_interface.so it needs to be on a path that can be loaded from example: put it in LD_LIBRARY_PATH. #### XNNPACK delegate * `use_xnnpack`: `bool` (default=false) \ Note if this option is explicitly set to `false`, the TfLite runtime will use its original CPU kernels for model execution. In other words, after enabling the feature that the XNNPACK delegate is applied by default in TfLite runtime, explicitly setting this flag to `false` will cause the benchmark tool to disable the feature at runtime, and to use the original non-delegated CPU execution path for model benchmarking. * `xnnpack_force_fp16`: `bool` (default=false) \ Enforce float16 inference. #### CoreML delegate * `use_coreml`: `bool` (default=false) * `coreml_version`: `int` (default=0) #### External delegate * `external_delegate_path`: `string` (default="") * `external_delegate_options`: `string` (default="") #### Stable delegate [Experimental] * `stable_delegate_loader_settings`: `string` (default="") A path to the JSON-encoded delegate [`TFLiteSettings`](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/lite/acceleration/configuration/configuration.proto#L488) file, which is defined in `configuration.proto`. As some delegates are only available on certain platforms, when running the benchmark tool on a particular platform, specifying `--help` will print out all supported parameters. ### Use multiple delegates When multiple delegates are specified to be used in the commandline flags, the order of delegates applied to the TfLite runtime will be same as their enabling commandline flag is specified. For example, "--use_xnnpack=true --use_gpu=true" means applying the XNNPACK delegate first, and then the GPU delegate secondly. In comparison, "--use_gpu=true --use_xnnpack=true" means applying the GPU delegate first, and then the XNNPACK delegate secondly. ## To build/install/run Note: The benchmarking tool must be compiled with a TFLite runtime that supports the ops found in the model to be tested.
If Tensorflow Ops ("flex ops") or other custom ops are used in the model, please see the section [below](#build-the-benchmark-tool-with-tensorflow-ops-support). ### On Android: (0) Refer to https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/build_android to edit the `WORKSPACE` to configure the android NDK/SDK. (1) Build for your specific platform, e.g.: ``` bazel build -c opt \ --config=android_arm64 \ tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark:benchmark_model ``` (2) Connect your phone. Push the binary to your phone with adb push (make the directory if required): ``` adb push bazel-bin/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/benchmark_model /data/local/tmp ``` (3) Make the binary executable. ``` adb shell chmod +x /data/local/tmp/benchmark_model ``` (4) Push the compute graph that you need to test. For example: ``` adb push mobilenet_quant_v1_224.tflite /data/local/tmp ``` (5) Optionally, install Hexagon libraries on device. That step is only needed when using the Hexagon delegate. ``` bazel build --config=android_arm64 \ tensorflow/lite/delegates/hexagon/hexagon_nn:libhexagon_interface.so adb push bazel-bin/tensorflow/lite/delegates/hexagon/hexagon_nn/libhexagon_interface.so /data/local/tmp adb push libhexagon_nn_skel*.so /data/local/tmp ``` (6) Run the benchmark. For example: ``` adb shell /data/local/tmp/benchmark_model \ --graph=/data/local/tmp/mobilenet_quant_v1_224.tflite \ --num_threads=4 ``` ### On desktop: (1) build the binary ``` bazel build -c opt tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark:benchmark_model ``` (2) Run on your compute graph, similar to the Android case but without the need of adb shell. For example: ``` bazel-bin/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/benchmark_model \ --graph=mobilenet_quant_v1_224.tflite \ --num_threads=4 ``` The MobileNet graph used as an example here may be downloaded from [here](https://storage.googleapis.com/download.tensorflow.org/models/tflite/mobilenet_v1_224_android_quant_2017_11_08.zip). ## Reducing variance between runs on Android. Most modern Android phones use [ARM big.LITTLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_big.LITTLE) architecture where some cores are more power hungry but faster than other cores. When running benchmarks on these phones there can be significant variance between different runs of the benchmark. One way to reduce variance between runs is to set the [CPU affinity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_affinity) before running the benchmark. On Android this can be done using the `taskset` command. E.g. for running the benchmark on big cores on Pixel 2 with a single thread one can use the following command: ``` adb shell taskset f0 /data/local/tmp/benchmark_model \ --graph=/data/local/tmp/mobilenet_quant_v1_224.tflite \ --num_threads=1 ``` where `f0` is the affinity mask for big cores on Pixel 2. Note: The affinity mask varies with the device. ## Profiling model operators The benchmark model binary also allows you to profile operators and give execution times of each operator. To do this, pass the flag `--enable_op_profiling=true` to `benchmark_model` during invocation, e.g., ``` adb shell taskset f0 /data/local/tmp/benchmark_model \ --graph=/data/local/tmp/mobilenet_quant_v1_224.tflite \ --enable_op_profiling=true ``` When enabled, the `benchmark_model` binary will produce detailed statistics for each operation similar to those shown below: ``` ============================== Run Order ============================== [node type] [start] [first] [avg ms] [%] [cdf%] [mem KB] [times called] [Name] CONV_2D 0.000 4.269 4.269 0.107% 0.107% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_0/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 4.270 2.150 2.150 0.054% 0.161% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_1_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 6.421 6.107 6.107 0.153% 0.314% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_1_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 12.528 1.366 1.366 0.034% 0.348% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_2_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 13.895 4.195 4.195 0.105% 0.454% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_2_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 18.091 1.260 1.260 0.032% 0.485% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_3_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 19.352 6.652 6.652 0.167% 0.652% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_3_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 26.005 0.698 0.698 0.018% 0.670% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_4_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 26.703 3.344 3.344 0.084% 0.754% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_4_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 30.047 0.646 0.646 0.016% 0.770% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_5_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 30.694 5.800 5.800 0.145% 0.915% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_5_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 36.495 0.331 0.331 0.008% 0.924% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_6_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 36.826 2.838 2.838 0.071% 0.995% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_6_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 39.665 0.439 0.439 0.011% 1.006% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_7_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 40.105 5.293 5.293 0.133% 1.139% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_7_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 45.399 0.352 0.352 0.009% 1.147% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_8_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 45.752 5.322 5.322 0.133% 1.281% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_8_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 51.075 0.357 0.357 0.009% 1.290% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_9_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 51.432 5.693 5.693 0.143% 1.433% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_9_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 57.126 0.366 0.366 0.009% 1.442% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_10_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 57.493 5.472 5.472 0.137% 1.579% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_10_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 62.966 0.364 0.364 0.009% 1.588% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_11_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 63.330 5.404 5.404 0.136% 1.724% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_11_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 68.735 0.155 0.155 0.004% 1.728% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_12_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 68.891 2.970 2.970 0.074% 1.802% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_12_pointwise/Relu6] DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 71.862 0.206 0.206 0.005% 1.807% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_13_depthwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 72.069 5.888 5.888 0.148% 1.955% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_13_pointwise/Relu6] AVERAGE_POOL_2D 77.958 0.036 0.036 0.001% 1.956% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/Logits/AvgPool_1a/AvgPool] CONV_2D 77.994 1.445 1.445 0.036% 1.992% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/Logits/Conv2d_1c_1x1/BiasAdd] RESHAPE 79.440 0.002 0.002 0.000% 1.992% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/Predictions/Reshape] SOFTMAX 79.443 0.029 0.029 0.001% 1.993% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/Predictions/Softmax] ============================== Top by Computation Time ============================== [node type] [start] [first] [avg ms] [%] [cdf%] [mem KB] [times called] [Name] CONV_2D 19.352 6.652 6.652 0.167% 0.167% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_3_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 6.421 6.107 6.107 0.153% 0.320% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_1_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 72.069 5.888 5.888 0.148% 0.468% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_13_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 30.694 5.800 5.800 0.145% 0.613% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_5_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 51.432 5.693 5.693 0.143% 0.756% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_9_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 57.493 5.472 5.472 0.137% 0.893% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_10_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 63.330 5.404 5.404 0.136% 1.029% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_11_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 45.752 5.322 5.322 0.133% 1.162% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_8_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 40.105 5.293 5.293 0.133% 1.295% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_7_pointwise/Relu6] CONV_2D 0.000 4.269 4.269 0.107% 1.402% 0.000 0 [MobilenetV1/MobilenetV1/Conv2d_0/Relu6] Number of nodes executed: 31 ============================== Summary by node type ============================== [Node type] [count] [avg ms] [avg %] [cdf %] [mem KB] [times called] CONV_2D 15 1.406 89.270% 89.270% 0.000 0 DEPTHWISE_CONV_2D 13 0.169 10.730% 100.000% 0.000 0 SOFTMAX 1 0.000 0.000% 100.000% 0.000 0 RESHAPE 1 0.000 0.000% 100.000% 0.000 0 AVERAGE_POOL_2D 1 0.000 0.000% 100.000% 0.000 0 Timings (microseconds): count=50 first=79449 curr=81350 min=77385 max=88213 avg=79732 std=1929 Memory (bytes): count=0 31 nodes observed Average inference timings in us: Warmup: 83235, Init: 38467, Inference: 79760.9 ``` ## Benchmark multiple performance options in a single run A convenient and simple C++ binary is also provided to benchmark multiple performance options in a single run. This binary is built based on the aforementioned benchmark tool that could only benchmark a single performance option at a time. They share the same build/install/run process, but the BUILD target name of this binary is `benchmark_model_performance_options` and it takes some additional parameters as detailed below. ### Additional Parameters * `perf_options_list`: `string` (default='all') \ A comma-separated list of TFLite performance options to benchmark. * `option_benchmark_run_delay`: `float` (default=-1.0) \ The delay between two consecutive runs of benchmarking performance options in seconds. * `random_shuffle_benchmark_runs`: `bool` (default=true) \ Whether to perform all benchmark runs, each of which has different performance options, in a random order. ## Build the benchmark tool with Tensorflow ops support If you see an error that says: `ERROR: Select TensorFlow op(s), included in the given model, is(are) not supported by this interpreter.` you will need to build with [Tensorflow operators support](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/ops_select). Having Tensorflow ops in the TFLite file works when the benchmark tool is built with Tensorflow ops support. It doesn't require any additional option to use it. ### How to build To build the tool, you need to use the `benchmark_model_plus_flex` target with the `--config=monolithic` flag. **Desktop** ``` bazel build -c opt \ --config=monolithic \ tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark:benchmark_model_plus_flex ``` **Android** ``` bazel build -c opt \ --config=monolithic --config=android_arm64 \ tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark:benchmark_model_plus_flex ``` ### How to benchmark tflite model with Tensorflow ops Follow the further instructions [above](#to-buildinstallrun) replacing `benchmark_model` with the `benchmark_model_plus_flex` file created here. For example, on desktop it's very easy: ``` bazel-bin/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/benchmark_model_plus_flex \ --graph=model_converted_with_TF_ops.tflite \ ``` ## Build the benchmark tool with Custom ops support If you see an error that says `ERROR: Op type not registered 'XXXXXXXX' in binary running on localhost.` for custom ops running in your TFLite model, you will need to manually build the tool to include your libraries providing the custom ops. ### How to build While possible, this is not necessarily supported. However, you should be able to create a new `cc_binary` rule that depends on `tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark:benchmark_model_main` along with your custom op rules. ``` cc_binary( name = "benchmark_model_plus_custom_ops", deps = [ ":my_custom_ops_provider", "//tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark:benchmark_model_main", ], ) ``` ### How to benchmark tflite model with Custom ops Use the `benchmark_model_plus_custom_ops` (or whatever) file created by your custom rule instead of the `benchmark_model` file in the instructions, [above](#to-buildinstallrun).