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Re: TextSynth Server

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For me, the most interesting part is the statistics on all the models. These show that 8 bit quantization is basically as good as the full model and 4 bit is very close. This is the first time I see such table across a large number of models in one place.

Re: TextSynth Server

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For me, the most interesting part is the statistics on all the models. These show that 8 bit quantization is basically as good as the full model and 4 bit is very close. This is the first time I see such table across a large number of models in one place.

Pretty much.

Llama specific:

https://github.com/qwopqwop200/GPTQ-for-LLaMa

> According to GPTQ paper, As the size of the model increases, the difference in performance between FP16 and GPTQ decreases.

https://nolanoorg.substack.com/p/int-4-llama-is-not-enough-i...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wZ0g9rHI-6s7ctNlykuK4W5T...

Expect to get away with a factor of 4-5 reduction in memory usage for a minimal loss of quality. :)

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