vLLM Adds Support for RADIO and NaViT Multimodal Encoders
October 31, 2026
The vLLM inference engine now includes support for compile_mm_encoder functionality for RADIO and NaViT architectures. This expansion improves the runtime's ability to handle high-resolution and variable-aspect-ratio multimodal inputs.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can deploy advanced multimodal models with optimized inference speeds.
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researcherThis enables efficient testing of next-generation vision-language architectures in production-like environments.