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title: Model Optimization for Inference Serving
description: Techniques to improve inference speed and resource efficiency, including reducing model size and complexity via quantization or pruning, enabling client-side batching, and offloading pre/post-processing from serving infrastructure.
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# Model Optimization for Inference Serving

**Model Optimization for Inference Serving** refers to techniques that improve the inference speed, throughput, and resource efficiency of machine learning models deployed on serving endpoints. On Databricks Model Serving, these optimizations are part of a broader strategy that also includes infrastructure and client-side improvements. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]

## Model Size and Complexity

Smaller, less complex models generally lead to faster inference times and higher queries per second (QPS). Techniques such as model quantization and model pruning can reduce model size while preserving accuracy, making them effective tools for production deployments. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]

## Batching

If the application can send multiple requests in a single call, enabling batching at the client side significantly reduces the per‑prediction overhead. This approach is especially beneficial for high‑throughput workloads where many independent predictions are made simultaneously. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]

## Pre‑processing and Post‑processing Optimization

Complex pre‑processing and post‑processing logic that runs during inference can add latency and consume compute resources. Offloading these steps from the serving endpoint to a separate service or to the client reduces the load on the inference infrastructure, allowing the endpoint to focus purely on model evaluation. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]

## Related Optimization Areas

While model optimizations target the inference code itself, performance gains often require complementary adjustments in other layers:

- **Infrastructure optimizations** — such as route optimization, [Provisioned Concurrency](/concepts/provisioned-concurrency.md), and appropriate instance type selection (CPU vs. GPU) — improve network routing, scaling, and compute capacity. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]
- **Client‑side optimizations** — including connection pooling, robust error handling with retry strategies, and payload size minimization — help applications interact more efficiently with the endpoint. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]

## Measuring and Validating Improvements

Performance gains from model optimizations should be validated through load testing and monitoring. Load testing helps determine optimal concurrency settings, identify bottlenecks, and confirm that latency and throughput targets are met under realistic traffic conditions. ^[optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md]

## Sources

- optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md

# Citations

1. [optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws.md](/references/optimize-model-serving-endpoints-for-production-databricks-on-aws-6a182106.md)
