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In three linesTechnical critique on recent quantization: Google's implementation is flawed (token embed quantized to q6k instead of --pure), llama-quantize hardcodes -7 incorrectly, and 32 block groups are misaligned. Unsloth Q4_K_XL performs better (pure q4_0). A patch is being developed.Read source→
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