Quantized LLMs diverge from their base models at the decision level even when accuracy is preserved, with query and key attention projections showing the greatest structural distortion under low-bit compression.
LLMC : Benchmarking Large Language Model Quantization with a Versatile Compression Toolkit
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Empirical evaluation of quantization effects on eight LLMs across bit widths, showing performance generally declines at lower precision but with model-size-dependent resilience and acceptable accuracy at 2 bits for many cases.
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The Illusion of Equivalency: Statistical Characterization of Quantization Effects in LLMs
Quantized LLMs diverge from their base models at the decision level even when accuracy is preserved, with query and key attention projections showing the greatest structural distortion under low-bit compression.
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K-Quantization and its Impact on Output Performance
Empirical evaluation of quantization effects on eight LLMs across bit widths, showing performance generally declines at lower precision but with model-size-dependent resilience and acceptable accuracy at 2 bits for many cases.