Quantization for GenAI Models (Udemy.com)
Unlock the power of model optimization! Learn how to apply quantization and make your GenAI models efficient with Python
Created by: Start-Tech Academy
Last updated April 2026
What you will learn
- Understand model optimization techniques: Pruning, Distillation, and Quantization
- Learn the basics of data types like FP32, FP16, BFloat16, and INT8
- Master downcasting from FP32 to BF16 and FP32 to INT8
- Learn the difference between symmetric and asymmetric quantization
- Implement quantization techniques in Python with real examples
- Apply quantization to make models more efficient and deployment-ready
- Gain practical skills to optimize models for edge devices and resource-constrained environments
How it compares
Against the other 461 rated Udemy courses in Data Science on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 28% of them
- Reviews110#415 of 462 by number of reviews
- Length2.7 hoursshorter than 83% of them
- Last updatedApril 2026more recently than 70% of them
Course Description
If you are a developer, data scientist, or machine learning enthusiast who wants to optimize and deploy efficient AI models, this course is for you. Do you want to make your models faster and more resource-efficient while maintaining performance? Are you looking to learn how to apply quantization techniques for better model deployment? This course will teach you how to implement practical quantization techniques, making your models lean and deployable on edge devices.
In this course, you will:
Learn the core concepts of Quantization, Pruning, and Distillation.
Understand different data types like FP32, FP16, BFloat16, and INT8.
Explore how to convert FP32 to BF16 and INT8 for efficient model compression.
Implement symmetric and asymmetric quantization in Python with real-world applications.
Understand how to downcast model parameters from FP32 to INT8 for deployment.
Gain hands-on experience with Python-based quantization, making your models suitable for mobile and IoT devices.
Why learn quantization? Quantization allows you to reduce the size and computational load of models, making them suitable for resource-constrained devices like smartphones, IoT devices, and embedded systems. By mastering quantization, you can ensure your models are faster, more energy-efficient, and easier to deploy while maintaining accuracy.
Throughout the course, you’ll learn to implement quantization techniques and optimize your models for real-world applications. This course provides the perfect balance of theory and practical application for making machine learning models more efficient.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a deep understanding of quantization, and the ability to optimize and deploy efficient models on edge devices.
Ready to optimize your AI models for efficiency and performance? Enroll now and start your journey!
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
110 Reviews
Start-Tech Academy
Start-Tech Academy is a technology-based Analytics Education Company and aims at Bringing Together the analytics companies and interested Learners.
Our top quality training content along with internships and project opportunities helps students in launching their Analytics journey.
Founded by Abhishek Bansal and Pukhraj Parikh.
Working as a Project manager in an Analytics consulting firm, Pukhraj has multiple years of experience working on analytics tools and software. He is competent in MS office suites, Cloud computing, SQL, Tableau, SAS, Google analytics and Python.
Abhishek worked as an Acquisition Process owner in a leading telecom company before moving on to learning and teaching technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
More courses by Start-Tech Academy
Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel with Copilot (2026)
4.5 (46,660 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 10.6h
$109.99
Zero to Hero in SQL: SQL for Data Analytics (2026)
4.6 (14,123 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 10.4h
$129.99
Prompt Engineering Frameworks & Methodologies (2026)
4.5 (12,643 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 3.2h
$19.99
HR Analytics using MS Excel for Human Resource Management (2026)
4.4 (11,556 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 9.7h
$84.99
Data Analyst Skillpath: Zero to Hero in Excel, SQL & Python (2026)
4.5 (8,059 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 24.4h
$109.99
More Data Science courses
Master statistics & machine learning: intuition, math, code (2026)
4.9 (3,077 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 38.3h
$124.99
Reviews
By Kapil Karambelkar on 9/16/2026
Great explanation in simple language for basics of quantization techniques.
By Mahesh R on 6/30/2026
Good. Few more explanation on topics like CNN, When to choose Symmetric and Asymmetric Quantization could have helped further. Also the code when you explained, there were few syntaxes that could have been explained better. Overall good for a person who is trying to enter into this AI race.
By Harinath Reddy A on 2/3/2026
A very good course students or developers to start learning about quantization.
By Mohit Sharma on 1/10/2026
Excellent for beginners to reach to medium level in quantization.
By Avinash Patel on 10/7/2025
best course thank you for giving this types of courses
By SIYU KOSWATTA on 9/28/2025
The content doesn't have very strong technical delivery. Authors don't seem to be content matter experts on GenAI or model quantization (you get the feeling that they only have a superficial understanding, and have gathered some code from somewhere for the lectures). But if you're a self-learner you can still use the lectures as a study guide to dig deeper into the topics on your own thus helping your continual learning process.
By Harry Tran on 8/11/2025
Informative, insightful, understandable
By Bryan Lawrence on 6/27/2025
It was a bit out of my league, to be fair. I did pull some real good info from it and now have a better understanding of quantization but I am nowhere near a qualified expert. It was a lot of math that I'm not sure I really need, unless I take up some serious ML projects. The reason for 4 stars vs 5 is it was a lot of math and less hands on, but it did give a solid foundation.
By Anonymized User on 2/15/2025
very useful course to understand quantization in scratch level.
By Aditi Chouhan on 11/6/2024
at one place around 10:35 they said fp62 where they should have rightly said fp32
Quality Score
No CourseDuck member has rated this course yet. Taken it? Give each part a thumbs up or down.
Overall Score : 88 / 100












