Summary
Drawback of compressing model size
Description
Converted the REAL-ESRGAN model into OpenVINO IR (2021.4) and executed it.
Managed to run the IR but the result is different from REAL-ESRGAN.
Resolution
Compressing a full precision model into a smaller size format definitely has its own drawback.
The inferencing time would be faster but the trade-off is the accuracy.
If the use case requires to be accurate, such as clinical related results, it is not recommended to shrink the model as it will produce a less accurate prediction. Meanwhile, if the use case requires fast results without the need for prediction to be really accurate, then it is suitable to use a smaller size format.
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