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Quantization

Reducing the precision of a model's numerical values — for example, from 32-bit to 4-bit numbers.

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Reducing the precision of a model's numerical values — for example, from 32-bit to 4-bit numbers. This shrinks the model size dramatically and speeds up inference with minimal quality loss. Essential for running large models on consumer hardware. GGUF and GPTQ are popular quantization formats.

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