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title: Half precision
description: >-
  - Basic — Enable your models to train faster and save memory with different
  floating-point precision settings. - Intermediate — Enable state-of-the-art...
canonical: 'https://lightning.ai/docs/pytorch/stable/reference/common/precision'
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# Half precision {#half-precision}

- [Basic](/docs/pytorch/2.6.6/reference/common/precision_basic.md) — Enable your models to train faster and save memory with different floating-point precision settings.

- [Intermediate](/docs/pytorch/2.6.6/reference/common/precision_intermediate.md) — Enable state-of-the-art scaling with advanced mixed-precision settings.

- [Expert](/docs/pytorch/2.6.6/reference/common/precision_expert.md) — Create new precision techniques and enable them through Lightning.

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