LocalAI/docs/content/reference/compatibility-table.md

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Besides llama based models, LocalAI is compatible also with other architectures. The table below lists all the backends, compatible models families and the associated repository.

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LocalAI will attempt to automatically load models which are not explicitly configured for a specific backend. You can specify the backend to use by configuring a model with a YAML file. See [the advanced section]({{%relref "advanced" %}}) for more details.

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Text Generation & Language Models

Backend and Bindings	Compatible models	Completion/Chat endpoint	Capability	Embeddings support	Token stream support	Acceleration
[llama.cpp]({{%relref "features/text-generation#llama.cpp" %}})	LLama, Mamba, RWKV, Falcon, Starcoder, GPT-2, and many others	yes	GPT and Functions	yes	yes	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel SYCL, Vulkan, Metal, CPU
vLLM	Various GPTs and quantization formats	yes	GPT	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel
transformers	Various GPTs and quantization formats	yes	GPT, embeddings, Audio generation	yes	yes*	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, CPU
exllama2	GPTQ	yes	GPT only	no	no	CUDA 12/13
MLX	Various LLMs	yes	GPT	no	no	Metal (Apple Silicon)
MLX-VLM	Vision-Language Models	yes	Multimodal GPT	no	no	Metal (Apple Silicon)
langchain-huggingface	Any text generators available on HuggingFace through API	yes	GPT	no	no	N/A

Audio & Speech Processing

Backend and Bindings	Compatible models	Completion/Chat endpoint	Capability	Embeddings support	Token stream support	Acceleration
whisper.cpp	whisper	no	Audio transcription	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel SYCL, Vulkan, CPU
faster-whisper	whisper	no	Audio transcription	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, CPU
piper (binding)	Any piper onnx model	no	Text to voice	no	no	CPU
bark	bark	no	Audio generation	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel
bark-cpp	bark	no	Audio-Only	no	no	CUDA, Metal, CPU
coqui	Coqui TTS	no	Audio generation and Voice cloning	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, CPU
kokoro	Kokoro TTS	no	Text-to-speech	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, CPU
chatterbox	Chatterbox TTS	no	Text-to-speech	no	no	CUDA 12/13, CPU
kitten-tts	Kitten TTS	no	Text-to-speech	no	no	CPU
silero-vad with Golang bindings	Silero VAD	no	Voice Activity Detection	no	no	CPU
neutts	NeuTTSAir	no	Text-to-speech with voice cloning	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, CPU
vibevoice	VibeVoice-Realtime	no	Real-time text-to-speech with voice cloning	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, CPU
mlx-audio	MLX	no	Text-tospeech	no	no	Metal (Apple Silicon)

Image & Video Generation

Backend and Bindings	Compatible models	Completion/Chat endpoint	Capability	Embeddings support	Token stream support	Acceleration
stablediffusion.cpp	stablediffusion-1, stablediffusion-2, stablediffusion-3, flux, PhotoMaker	no	Image	no	no	CUDA 12/13, Intel SYCL, Vulkan, CPU
diffusers	SD, various diffusion models,...	no	Image/Video generation	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, Metal, CPU
transformers-musicgen	MusicGen	no	Audio generation	no	no	CUDA, CPU

Specialized AI Tasks

Backend and Bindings	Compatible models	Completion/Chat endpoint	Capability	Embeddings support	Token stream support	Acceleration
rfdetr	RF-DETR	no	Object Detection	no	no	CUDA 12/13, Intel, CPU
rerankers	Reranking API	no	Reranking	no	no	CUDA 12/13, ROCm, Intel, CPU
local-store	Vector database	no	Vector storage	yes	no	CPU
huggingface	HuggingFace API models	yes	Various AI tasks	yes	yes	API-based

Acceleration Support Summary

GPU Acceleration

• NVIDIA CUDA: CUDA 12.0, CUDA 13.0 support across most backends
• AMD ROCm: HIP-based acceleration for AMD GPUs
• Intel oneAPI: SYCL-based acceleration for Intel GPUs (F16/F32 precision)
• Vulkan: Cross-platform GPU acceleration
• Metal: Apple Silicon GPU acceleration (M1/M2/M3+)

Specialized Hardware

• NVIDIA Jetson (L4T CUDA 12): ARM64 support for embedded AI (AGX Orin, Jetson Nano, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson AGX Xavier)
• NVIDIA Jetson (L4T CUDA 13): ARM64 support for embedded AI (DGX Spark)
• Apple Silicon: Native Metal acceleration for Mac M1/M2/M3+
• Darwin x86: Intel Mac support

CPU Optimization

• AVX/AVX2/AVX512: Advanced vector extensions for x86
• Quantization: 4-bit, 5-bit, 8-bit integer quantization support
• Mixed Precision: F16/F32 mixed precision support

Note: any backend name listed above can be used in the backend field of the model configuration file (See [the advanced section]({{%relref "advanced" %}})).

• * Only for CUDA and OpenVINO CPU/XPU acceleration.