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OpenVINO vs PyTorch comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

OpenVINO
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PyTorch
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of OpenVINO is 1.6%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PyTorch is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer1530384 - PeerSpot reviewer
Open-source, easy to integrate, and perfectly tailored to the Movidius chipset
Generally, when you deploy edge products, it's really about latency. It's about getting that camera input, being able to process it, extracting the information you need, and getting the solution back to the person who made the request. Although I'm not necessarily saying its latency or accuracy is bad, it's always something that can be improved upon. By focusing on improving these areas, they can make the overall solution even better. At this point, the product could probably just use a greater integration with more machine learning model tools. However, that's not advice from experience per se. That's always just helpful in general. To be able to incorporate more models into the product makes it stronger. Therefore, to be clear, it's not coming from a point of a current deficiency. It's just a general comment.
Rohan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Enabled creation of innovative projects through developer-friendly features
The aspect I like most about PyTorch is that it is really developer-friendly. Developers can constantly create new things, and everyone around the world can use it for free because it's an open-source product. What I personally like is that PyTorch has enabled users to use Apple's M1 chip natively for GPU users. Unlike other libraries using CUDA, PyTorch utilizes Metal Performance Shaders (MPS) to enable GPU usage on M1 chips.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Intel's support team is very good."
"The features for model comparison, the feature for model testing, evaluation, and deployment are very nice. It can work almost with all the models."
"The inferencing and processing capabilities are quite beneficial for our requirements."
"The initial setup is quite simple."
"PyTorch allows me to build my projects from scratch."
"We use PyTorch libraries, which are working well. It's very easy."
"It’s reliable, secure and user-friendly. It allows you to develop any AIML project efficiently. PySearch is the best option for developing any project in the AIML domain. The product is easy to install."
"I like that PyTorch actually follows the pythonic way, and I feel that it's quite easy. It's easy to find compared to others who require us to type a long paragraph of code."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"For me, the product's initial setup phase is easy...For beginners, it is fairly easy to learn."
"It's been pretty scalable in terms of using multiple GPUs."
"PyTorch is developer-friendly, allowing developers to continuously create new projects."
 

Cons

"At this point, the product could probably just use a greater integration with more machine learning model tools."
"Scalability is a challenge with OpenVINO, particularly when I try to connect multiple streams of input or run multiple edge devices consecutively."
"The model optimization is a little bit slow — it could be improved."
"It has some disadvantages because when you're working with very complex models, neural networks if OpenVINO cannot convert them automatically and you have to do a custom layer and later add it to the model. It is difficult."
"The product has certain shortcomings in the automation of machine learning."
"The analyzing and latency of compiling could be improved to provide enhanced results."
"PyTorch could make certain things more obvious. Even though it does make things like defining loss functions and calculating gradients in backward propagation clear, these concepts may confuse beginners. We find that it's kind of problematic. Despite having methods called on loss functions during backward passes, the oral documentation for beginners is quite complex."
"The product has breakdowns when we change the versions a lot."
"I've had issues with stability when I use a lot of data and try out different combinations of modeling techniques."
"PyTorch needs improvement in working on ARM-based chips. They have unified memory for GPU and RAM, however, current GPUs used for processing are slow."
"We faced an issue with PyTorch due to version incompatibility. PyTorch has no latest version after v12.3."
"On the production side of things, having more frameworks would be helpful."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We didn't have to pay for any licensing with Intel OpenVINO. Everything is available on their site and easily downloadable for free."
"PyTorch is open-sourced."
"PyTorch is an open-source solution."
"The solution is affordable."
"It is free."
"PyTorch is open source."
"It is free."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
44%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
32%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
University
8%
 

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I haven't gone for a paid plan yet. I've just been using the free trial or open-source version.
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