Cache-DiT accelerates diffusion transformer models through intelligent caching mechanisms, providing significant speedup with minimal quality loss. It supports multiple acceleration techniques that can be combined for optimal performance:
- **DBCache**: Dual Block Cache for reducing redundant computations
- **TaylorSeer**: Taylor expansion-based forecasting for faster inference
- **SCM**: Step Computation Masking for selective step computation
See supported models list in [Supported Models](../../diffusion_features.md#supported-models).
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## Quick Start
### Basic Usage
Enable cache-dit acceleration by simply setting `cache_backend="cache_dit"`:
**Note**: When `cache_config` is not provided, Cache-DiT uses optimized default values. See the [Configuration Parameters](#configuration-parameters) section for details.
### Custom Configuration
To customize cache-dit settings, provide a `cache_config` dictionary, for example:
Use the example script under `examples/offline_inference/text_to_image`:
```bash
cd examples/offline_inference/text_to_image
python text_to_image.py \
--model Qwen/Qwen-Image \
--prompt "a cup of coffee on the table"\
--cache-backend cache_dit \
--num-inference-steps 50
```
See the [text_to_image.py](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/examples/offline_inference/text_to_image/text_to_image.py) for detailed configuration options.
The script uses cache-dit acceleration with a hybrid configuration combining DBCache, SCM, and TaylorSeer:
```python
omni=Omni(
model="Qwen/Qwen-Image",
cache_backend="cache_dit",
cache_config={
# Scheme: Hybrid DBCache + SCM + TaylorSeer
"Fn_compute_blocks":1,# Optimized for single-transformer models
"Bn_compute_blocks":0,# Number of backward compute blocks
"max_warmup_steps":4,# Maximum warmup steps (works for few-step models)
"residual_diff_threshold":0.24,# Higher threshold for more aggressive caching
"max_continuous_cached_steps":3,# Limit to prevent precision degradation
# TaylorSeer parameters [cache-dit only]
"enable_taylorseer":False,# Disabled by default (not suitable for few-step models)
"taylorseer_order":1,# TaylorSeer polynomial order
"scm_steps_policy":"dynamic",# SCM steps policy: "dynamic" or "static"
}
)
```
You can customize the configuration by modifying the `cache_config` dictionary to use only specific methods (e.g., DBCache only, DBCache + SCM, etc.) based on your quality and speed requirements.
For image-to-image tasks, use the example script under `examples/offline_inference/image_to_image`:
```bash
cd examples/offline_inference/image_to_image
python image_edit.py \
--model Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit \
--prompt "make the sky more colorful"\
--image path/to/input/image.jpg \
--cache-backend cache_dit \
--num-inference-steps 50\
--cache-dit-max-continuous-cached-steps 3\
--cache-dit-residual-diff-threshold 0.24 \
--cache-dit-enable-taylorseer
```
See the [image_edit.py](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/examples/offline_inference/image_to_image/image_edit.py) for detailed configuration options.
For comprehensive illustration, please view Cache-DiT [User Guide](https://cache-dit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/OVERVIEWS/).
### 1. DBCache (Dual Block Cache)
DBCache intelligently caches intermediate transformer block outputs when the residual differences between consecutive steps are small, reducing redundant computations without sacrificing quality.
**Example Configuration**:
```python
cache_config={
"Fn_compute_blocks":8,# Use first 8 blocks for difference computation
"Bn_compute_blocks":0,# No additional fusion blocks
"max_warmup_steps":8,# Cache after 8 warmup steps
"residual_diff_threshold":0.12,# Lower threshold for faster inference
- Default `Fn_compute_blocks=1` works well for most cases. Some models (e.g., FLUX.2-klein) use a larger value for `Fn_compute_blocks` for a balanced performance.
- Increase `residual_diff_threshold` (e.g., 0.12-0.15) for faster inference with slight quality trade-off, or decrease from default 0.24 for higher quality.
- Default `max_warmup_steps=4` is optimized for few-step models. Increase to 6-8 for more steps if needed.
### 2. TaylorSeer
TaylorSeer uses Taylor expansion to forecast future hidden states, allowing the model to skip some computation steps while maintaining quality.
**Example Configuration**:
```python
cache_config={
"enable_taylorseer":True,
"taylorseer_order":1,# First-order Taylor expansion
}
```
**Performance Tips**:
- TaylorSeer is **not suitable for few-step distilled models**.
- Use `taylorseer_order=1` for most cases (good balance of speed and quality).
- Combine with DBCache for maximum acceleration.
- Higher orders (2-3) may improve quality but reduce speed gains.
### 3. SCM (Step Computation Masking)
SCM allows you to specify which steps must be computed and which can use cached results, similar to LeMiCa/EasyCache style acceleration.
`scm_steps_mask_policy` options (number of compute steps out of 28):
- SCM is disabled by default. Enable it by setting a policy value if you need additional acceleration.
- Start with `"medium"` policy and adjust based on quality requirements.
- Use `"fast"` or `"ultra"` for maximum speed when quality can be slightly compromised.
-`"dynamic"` policy generally provides better quality than `"static"`.
- SCM mask is automatically regenerated when `num_inference_steps` changes during inference.
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## Configuration Parameters
In `cache_config` passed to `Omni` constructor, it accepts the arguments of `DBCacheConfig` ([Cache-DiT API Reference](https://cache-dit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/CACHE_API/)). Key parameters are listed below:
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `Fn_compute_blocks` | int | 1 | First n blocks for difference computation (optimized for single-transformer models) |
| `Bn_compute_blocks` | int | 0 | Last n blocks for fusion |
| `max_warmup_steps` | int | 4 | Steps before caching starts (optimized for few-step distilled models) |
| `max_cached_steps` | int | -1 | Max cached steps (-1 = unlimited) |
| `max_continuous_cached_steps` | int | 3 | Max consecutive cached steps (prevents precision degradation) |
| `residual_diff_threshold` | float | 0.24 | Residual difference threshold (higher for more aggressive caching) |
| `num_inference_steps` | int \| None | None | Initial inference steps for SCM mask generation (optional, auto-refreshed during inference) |
