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Mar 31, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Common AI Model Formats Developers Use: GGUF, PyTorch, Safetensors, and ONNX

Developers face a variety of AI model formats—GGUF, PyTorch (.pt/.pth), Safetensors, and ONNX—each with distinct structures, advantages, drawbacks, and hardware support, and this article analyzes their metadata organization, quantization options, security considerations, and suitability for different deployment scenarios.