vLLM Adds Batch PaddleOCR-VL Vision Encoder Support
October 14, 2026
The vLLM inference runtime now supports batch processing for the PaddleOCR-VL vision encoder and projector. This integration optimizes throughput for vision-language models requiring OCR capabilities.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can achieve higher throughput when deploying vision-language models with OCR requirements.
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researcherYou can test vision-language architectures using optimized inference runtimes.