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LFM2.5 Q4\_0 Checkpoints from Quantization-Aware Distillation
Hugging Face · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- Liquid AI released quantization-aware distilled Q4_0 checkpoints for LFM2.5 models, recovering 97% of accuracy lost to quantization while maintaining speed.
- Why it matters
- Matters for engineers deploying language models on edge devices like phones, laptops, and Raspberry Pi where memory and speed constraints are critical.
- Watch out
- Results are specific to LFM2.5 models and GGUF format; effectiveness of quantization-aware distillation may vary across different model architectures and quantization schemes.
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