Qwen3-8B-AutoRound-W4A16-RTN

Qwen3-8B-AutoRound-W4A16-RTN

Model Details

This model is a int4 weight-only quantization with group_size 128 and symmetric quantization of Qwen/Qwen3-8B generated by AutoRound. Please follow the license of the original model.

Quantization Details

Evaluation Results

How to Use

HF Usage

Step 1: Install AutoRound

pip install auto-round

Step 2: Load and run the quantized model

from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer

model_name = "Qwen3-8B-AutoRound-W4A16-RTN"

# load the tokenizer and the model
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name, torch_dtype="auto", device_map="auto")

# prepare the model input
prompt = "Write a quick sort algorithm."
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
text = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
    messages,
    tokenize=False,
    add_generation_prompt=True,
)
model_inputs = tokenizer([text], return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)

# conduct text completion
generated_ids = model.generate(**model_inputs, max_new_tokens=512)
output_ids = generated_ids[0][len(model_inputs.input_ids[0]) :].tolist()

content = tokenizer.decode(output_ids, skip_special_tokens=True)
print("content:", content)

VLLM Usage

vllm serve Qwen3-8B-AutoRound-W4A16-RTN \
    --trust-remote-code \
    --dtype bfloat16 \
    --tensor_parallel_size 1

If you encounter any issues, feel free to open an issue on the AutoRound GitHub repo or provide feedback on the Low-Bit Open LLM Leaderboard.

Ethical Considerations and Limitations

The model can produce factually incorrect output, and should not be relied on to produce factually accurate information. Because of the limitations of the pretrained model and the finetuning datasets, it is possible that this model could generate lewd, biased or otherwise offensive outputs. Therefore, before deploying any applications of the model, developers should perform safety testing.

Caveats and Recommendations

Users (both direct and downstream) should be made aware of the risks, biases and limitations of the model. Here are a couple of useful links to learn more about Intel's AI software:

• Intel Neural Compressor
• AutoRound

Disclaimer

The license on this model does not constitute legal advice. We are not responsible for the actions of third parties who use this model. Please consult an attorney before using this model for commercial purposes.

Cite

@article{cheng2023optimize,
  title={Optimize weight rounding via signed gradient descent for the quantization of llms},
  author={Cheng, Wenhua and Zhang, Weiwei and Shen, Haihao and Cai, Yiyang and He, Xin and Lv, Kaokao and Liu, Yi},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.05516},
  year={2023}
}

arxiv github

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This model is part of the Intel Low-Bit Open LLM Leaderboard initiative.