# What are the advantages of tflite over tf?

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/what-are-the-advantages-of-tflite-over-tf/24891>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** tflite\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/what-are-the-advantages-of-tflite-over-tf/24891 "2023-08-23T05:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Herald\_Ethan\_Segovia](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/herald_ethan_segovia/32/16417_2.png) [@Herald\_Ethan\_Segovia](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Herald_Ethan_Segovia)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/what-are-the-advantages-of-tflite-over-tf/24891/1 "2023-08-23T05:00:07Z")

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What are the benefits if I would train models in tensorflow lite directly compared to if I would train models in tensorflow then convert it to a .tflite model? Would there be a difference in accuracy?

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**Author:** ![chunduriv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@chunduriv](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/chunduriv)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/what-are-the-advantages-of-tflite-over-tf/24891/3 "2023-08-23T06:40:24Z")

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@Herald_Ethan_Segovia,

Welcome to the Tensorflow Forum,

Tensorflow Lite is used for inference, which takes the trained model and converts into .tflite model which can be used for prediction on edge/mobile devices.

Thank you!