Simple QuaRot proof of concept.

[sgsdxzy]

How to enable QuaRot for weight quantization:

1. install AutoQuarot pip install git+https://github.com/sgsdxzy/AutoQuarot.git
2. convert the fp16 model to quarot weights

import transformers
import auto_quarot

model = transformers.AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_path, torch_dtype=torch.float16)
qrmodel = auto_quarot.AutoQuarotForForCausalLM.from_transformers(model)
qrmodel.fuse_layer_norms()
qrmodel.rotate_model("hadamard", device=0)
qrmodel.model.save_pretrained(rotated_model_path)

3. use exllamav2 to quantize/run the rotated model, it will be recognized automatically.

[sgsdxzy]

No you can use any quant (AutoGPTQ, AutoAWQ, exl2) with any bpw for weights, after the rotation the models weights still keep their original shape but should be smoother with less outliers. The problem is that the ppl doesn't seem to improve for exl2 quants. It does improve a bit for AutoGPTQ.

[sgsdxzy]

QuaRot of weights does not consistently improve ppl for exl2 quants.
QuaRot of kv cache improves ppl for fp8/q4 kv cache.

[turboderp]

Funnily enough I was just working on that. Fused it into the realtime quantization kernels though.