alt Hacker NewsWhere does “big model highly quantized” start getting worse than “smaller model less quantized”? Is there a general formula or is it just trial and error?
Where does “big model highly quantized” start getting worse than “smaller model less quantized”? Is there a general formula or is it just trial and error?
paper is a bit old, but matches current empirical recommandation: a good starting point is the biggest model you can fit at 4 bit
https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.09720