How Much Quality Does Quantization Lose? Chat vs Coding
Quantization quality loss is small at 4-bit and sharp below 3-bit. For code, one test scored the same files 13 to 16…
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Quantization quality loss is small at 4-bit and sharp below 3-bit. For code, one test scored the same files 13 to 16…
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