diff --git a/gptcache/manager/vector_data/pgvector.py b/gptcache/manager/vector_data/pgvector.py
index 55ab0c99..61e7f590 100644
--- a/gptcache/manager/vector_data/pgvector.py
+++ b/gptcache/manager/vector_data/pgvector.py
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ class _VectorType(UserDefinedType):
     """
     cache_ok = True
 
-    def __init__(self, precision=8):
+    def __init__(self, precision=8, use_halfvec=False):
         self.precision = precision
+        self.use_halfvec = use_halfvec
 
     def get_col_spec(self, **_):
+        if self.use_halfvec
+            return f"halfvec({self.precision})"
         return f"vector({self.precision})"
 
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ def result_processor(self, dialect, coltype):
         return lambda value: value
 
 
-def _get_model_and_index(table_prefix, vector_dimension, index_type, lists):
+def _get_model_and_index(table_prefix, vector_dimension, index_type, lists, use_halfvec=False):
     class VectorStoreTable(Base):
         """
         vector store table
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ class VectorStoreTable(Base):
         __tablename__ = table_prefix + "_pg_vector_store"
         __table_args__ = {"extend_existing": True}
         id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=False)
-        embedding = Column(_VectorType(vector_dimension), nullable=False)
+        embedding = Column(_VectorType(vector_dimension, use_halfvec), nullable=False)
 
     vector_store_index = Index(
         f"idx_{table_prefix}_pg_vector_store_embedding",
@@ -76,12 +79,16 @@ class PGVector(VectorBase):
     :param index_params: the index parameters for pgvector, defaults to 'vector_l2_ops' index:
                          {"index_type": "L2", "params": {"lists": 100, "probes": 10}.
     :type index_params: dict
+    :param use_halfvec: whether to use half-precision vector, defaults to False
+    :type use_halfvec: bool
     """
 
     INDEX_PARAM = {
         "L2": {"operator": "<->", "name": "vector_l2_ops"},  # The only one supported now
         "cosine": {"operator": "<=>", "name": "vector_cosine_ops"},
         "inner_product": {"operator": "<->", "name": "vector_ip_ops"},
+        "halfvec_l2": {"operator": "<->", "name": "halfvec_l2_ops"},  
+        "halfvec_cosine": {"operator": "<=>", "name": "halfvec_cosine_ops"},
     }
 
     def __init__(
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ def __init__(
             collection_name: str = "gptcache",
             dimension: int = 0,
             top_k: int = 1,
+            use_halfvec: bool = False;
     ):
         if dimension <= 0:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -100,11 +108,18 @@ def __init__(
         self.top_k = top_k
         self.index_params = index_params
         self._url = url
+        self.use_halfvec = use_halfvec
+
+        #correcting the index type passed by user
+        if use_halfvec and "halfvec" not in index_params["index_type"]:
+            index_params["index_type"] = f"halfvec_{index_params['index_type'].lower()}"
+            
         self._store, self._index = _get_model_and_index(
             collection_name,
             dimension,
             index_type=self.INDEX_PARAM[index_params["index_type"]]["name"],
-            lists=index_params["params"]["lists"]
+            lists=index_params["params"]["lists"],
+            use_halfvec=use_halfvec
         )
         self._connect(url)
         self._create_collection()
@@ -116,7 +131,7 @@ def _connect(self, url):
     def _create_collection(self):
         with self._engine.connect() as con:
             con.execution_options(isolation_level="AUTOCOMMIT").execute(text("CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"))
-
+      
         self._store.__table__.create(bind=self._engine, checkfirst=True)
         self._index.create(bind=self._engine, checkfirst=True)
 
@@ -124,11 +139,15 @@ def _query(self, session):
         return session.query(self._store)
 
     def _format_data_for_search(self, data):
+        
         return f"[{','.join(map(str, data))}]"
 
     def mul_add(self, datas: List[VectorData]):
         data_array, id_array = map(list, zip(*((data.data, data.id) for data in datas)))
-        np_data = np.array(data_array).astype("float32")
+        if self.use_halfvec:
+            np_data = np.array(data_array).astype("float16")
+        else:
+            np_data = np.array(data_array).astype("float32")
         entities = [{"id": id, "embedding": embedding.tolist()} for id, embedding in zip(id_array, np_data)]
 
         with self._session() as session:
@@ -139,6 +158,9 @@ def search(self, data: np.ndarray, top_k: int = -1):
         if top_k == -1:
             top_k = self.top_k
 
+        if self.use_halfvec:
+            data = data.astype(np.float16)
+            
         formatted_data = self._format_data_for_search(data.reshape(1, -1)[0].tolist())
         index_config = self.INDEX_PARAM[self.index_params["index_type"]]
         similarity = self._store.embedding.op(index_config["operator"])(formatted_data)