alt Hacker NewsKimi uses INT4 as its native format, there's no such thing as "better than 4-bit precision" for that model. This is in contrast with GLM for which 16-bit precision is native and 8-bit is in common use.
Kimi uses INT4 as its native format, there's no such thing as "better than 4-bit precision" for that model. This is in contrast with GLM for which 16-bit precision is native and 8-bit is in common use.
You’re right, but this poses a separate issue as the providers then do FP4 PTQ, which is quite lossy. Reduces the model size and optimizes for Blackwells at the (imo severe) cost of performance.